{"id":5483,"date":"2021-08-23T15:48:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T20:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/?p=5483"},"modified":"2022-02-03T13:18:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T19:18:20","slug":"griffons-deliver-at-30000-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/2021\/08\/23\/griffons-deliver-at-30000-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffons deliver at 30,000 feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-image: url(/magazine/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/5483/&quot;https:////www.missouriwestern.edu/magazine/wp-content/uploads/sites/133/2021/08/Skybox_V7.png&quot;);background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;border-radius:8px 8px 8px 8px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.5);border-radius:8px 8px 8px 8px;overflow:hidden;padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h1><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;line-height: 5px !important\">Griffons<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 36pt\"><strong>Deliver<\/strong> at\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 36pt\"><strong>30,000 Feet<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #333333\"><b><i>Flying from Kansas City to Honolulu takes a little over eight hours. Changing someone\u2019s life forever takes mere minutes.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:50% !important;margin-top : 20px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 10 !important;padding-right : 10 !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 10 !important;padding-left : 10 !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"Griffon holding a baby like a stork\" title=\"Griffonwithchild-02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/Griffonwithchild-02.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/Griffonwithchild-02-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/Griffonwithchild-02-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/Griffonwithchild-02-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/Griffonwithchild-02-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/Griffonwithchild-02-1200x1200.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/Griffonwithchild-02.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">大象传媒 Western alumnae Lani Bamfield \u201917 and Mimi Ho \u201915 recently helped change the life of Raymond Mounga \u2013 in fact, they actually helped his life begin. The two registered nurses are St. Joseph natives, 大象传媒 Western graduates and NICU nurses at North Kansas City Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While delivering babies is nothing new to either Bamfield or Ho, the circumstances surrounding Baby Raymond\u2019s arrival into this world were a far cry from the normal for either of these Griffons. The two friends were on a birthday trip\/celebration to Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI decided to do travel nursing, so we wanted to do a trip for my birthday,\u201d Ho said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since they had all been vaccinated, Bamfield, Ho and two friends were headed to Hawaii (three of them were all NICU nurses at North Kansas City Hospital). Part of the way into the flight, the nurses had just woken up from a nap when they heard an announcement that someone needed help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHer sister-in-law yelling for help was the original announcement,\u201d Bamfield said. She was talking about Lavi Mounga, who was also on a family trip to Hawaii, and her family was about to get bigger. Neither nurse hesitated when they heard the call from behind them on the large Delta jet that held nearly 300 passengers. Bamfield took off and Ho was just seconds behind her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen her sister-in-law started screaming, she [Mounga] was crowning, and by the time I got back there \u2013 maybe 30 seconds later \u2013 she [Mounga] <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was holding him already,\u201d Bamfield said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mounga actually gave birth in the tiny confines of the Delta lavatory. A standard lavatory measures roughly 40\u201d by 24 \u00bd\u201d by 77\u201d \u2013 definitely not the size of a typical delivery room. The delivery was not only a shock to the passengers \u2013 it was also a shock to Mounga. When she boarded the plane for Hawaii, she had no idea she was even pregnant! One out of every 400 pregnancies are cryptic, where the mother is not aware of the fact that she is pregnant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cteam\u201d attending to Mounga and her 29-week preemie included Bamfield and Ho, their fellow NICU nurse Amanda Beeding, physician assistant Lindsey Maughan, and Dr. Dale Glenn, a family medicine doctor from Hawaii. It was a minute-by-minute situation where the entire team carefully tended to and watched over mom and baby throughout the remainder of the flight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Much like MacGyver on the TV show or the team behind the ill-fated Apollo 13 flight, the team had to be creative and fashioned life-saving equipment out of what could be found on the plane. Shoelaces were used to tie and cut through the umbilical cord, bottled water was microwaved to make a baby warmer and an Apple Watch worked well to measure the baby\u2019s heart rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think we did the best we could with what <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">we had, and I am thankful for the team that was there,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ho said. \u201cI think we were definitely saying silent prayers throughout the entire flight because those babies can flip a switch just like that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baby Raymond spent some time on the floor of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the aircraft just feet from where Mounga had delivered him. Once he was stable enough, the team transferred him to mom\u2019s regular seat for some skin-to-skin love. But everyone knew they would be much happier when mom and baby were safely delivered to the waiting hospital in Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFor the baby, at his age and size, to go as long as he did without really any respiratory support was a big deal.\u201d Bamfield said. \u201cWe were just kind of watching him the whole way and hoping for the best.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the pilot sent a flight attendant back to ask if he needed to speed up, the response was a resounding \u201cYES!\u201d He landed in Hawaii 45 minutes earlier than expected. Mounga and Baby Raymond were escorted off the plane first to much applause from the rest of the passengers and were immediately transported to Kapiolani Medical Center for Women &amp; Children. The team were able to visit Mounga and Baby Raymond at the hospital and exchanged numbers. Mounga texts them updates regularly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both nurses agree that they definitely owe their professors and the program at 大象传媒 Western a lot of credit \u2013 Stephanie Stewart \u201997, Dr. Christi Campbell and Dr. Heather Kendall \u2013 to name just a few. They felt incredibly prepared when they went out in the nursing world, and they still remember what they learned from their instructors at 大象传媒 Western.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They are confident in what they do because they <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">do it for a living, and they received the best training <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from 大象传媒 Western\u2019s nursing program. But both agree they would much rather do it in a delivery <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">room than on an airplane.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Contributed by Alicia Otto \u201920<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:75% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.56%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.56%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-dropshadow imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:8px;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);\"><img width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"three nurses posing for a photo with mom and baby\" title=\"image_123923953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-scaled-e1629385968920.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-scaled-e1629385968920-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-scaled-e1629385968920-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-scaled-e1629385968920-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-scaled-e1629385968920-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-scaled-e1629385968920-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-scaled-e1629385968920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>Lani Bamfield \u201918, Mimi Ho \u201915, Amanda Beeding along with mom, Lavi Mounga and baby Raymond.<\/p>\n<\/div><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:8px;\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"newborn baby surrounded by gloved hands, airplane oxygen mask, blankets and plastic bags\" title=\"image_123923953 (3) (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-3-1-1-scaled-e1629386169965.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-3-1-1-scaled-e1629386169965-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-3-1-1-scaled-e1629386169965-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-3-1-1-scaled-e1629386169965-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-3-1-1-scaled-e1629386169965-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2021\/08\/image_123923953-3-1-1-scaled-e1629386169965.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>Baby Raymond<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:25% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 7.68%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 7.68%;}@media 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