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Jacob Anthony Pardee -HLHS Hypoplastic Left Heart Defect
My daughter, Sadie, was born on May 15, 1995. She was a full-term, good-sized baby (8lb.,1oz.). Because of a{;} difficult 36 hour labor her apgar scores were low and they monitored her closely in the beginning. They told us{;} she had a heart murmur and they did a chest x-ray and EKG. They couldn't find anything wrong (!) and{;} decided to let us go home the next day, telling us to have the murmur checked again soon. We went home{;} after the doctor told us that many babies are born with murmurs that go away soon after birth. Well, it didn't{;} go away so we made an appointment with a cardiologist. Like most parents, I never thought I would have a{;} child with a heart defect, so I wasn't too nervous about our appointment. Besides, Sadie seemed in great{;} health. How could anything be wrong with my perfect child?
Our child Alex Matt Croft was born on the 25 December 1997, on the 26 December{;} he was diagnosed as having pulmonary stenosis and ebsteins anomaly. on the 31{;} December he underwent a cardiac catheterization procedure, due to the size of the{;} hole in the pulmonary valve it took 5 hours to find and the dilation of the valve took{;} a further 3 hours. due to the length of time under general anesthesia his kidneys{;} failed and his left lung deflated,after the procedure Alex spent 16 days in intensive{;} care. he was unable to breathe for himself and therefore he was ventilated, with his{;} kidneys failing he also underwent dialysis treatment but thankfully pulled through.{;} another two weeks were spent on a cardiac ward before he was allowed home. he{;} has now settled into his new surroundings and he is loved immensely. we owe{;} everything to the care and diligence to alder Hey hospital, Liverpool, England.
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