I received this letter from an anxious mom:
My daughter, Brittani, is 19 years old and has just been diagnosed with Scimitar Syndrome.
She was diagnosed as a baby as having Dextrocardia and has had no health problems whatsoever. She became pregnant which ended in a miscarriage. During the D & C preop testing and chest [...]
Annual checkups are an important part of maintaining Nathan’s heart and back health. Recently, Bryan, daughter Michelle, and I traveled with Nathan to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans to see how his heart looks four years after surgery to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR), a problem associated with his scimitar syndrome.
The echocardiogram seems [...]
Continue reading about Nathan’s Checkups at Children’s Hospital
Last week, Bryan and I took Nathan to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans for his annual checkup. His heart surgery to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, a problem connected to his Scimitar Syndrome, occurred about three years ago. The first year after surgery, appointments were a few months apart, but he has done well, [...]
Today’s Good Morning America covered an interesting story of a man with situs inversus (organs on the opposite side). Jack Eigel lived with this condition just fine until he required a heart transplant in his early 50s. The space for his new heart would be shaped differently, complicating an already difficult surgical procedure.
This interests me [...]
Nathan has the most unique anatomy in the family; but his sister, Michelle, has the most unique eyes in the family (Heterochromia).
