Heart Surgery
“Your son is in heart failure.” As I read those words in the early pages of Bill Coon’s book, Swim: A Memoir of Survival, I knew I would have to read the rest of this story even if it took me on an uncomfortable journey. I’m the mother of a child with a congenital heart [...]
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In late August of 2010, I wrote a post about one-year-old Colin, son of Abby Scklarek. Colin was born with scimitar syndrome and had heart surgery in October. The surgery appeared to be successful, but Mom Abby reports that the scimitar vein that was re-routed is narrowing. A heart catheterization is scheduled in April to [...]
Mom Felisha writes that her nine-year-old son, Blake, will have surgery to correct PAPVR (Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return). His heart surgery is scheduled for November. Felicia reports that she is scared but wants to be strong for her son. Our prayers are with you!
About mid-June, I received an email from Abby Scklarek that began: “I just read the article in Parents Magazine and I knew I had to get in touch with you…” It turns out Abby has a one-year-old son, Colin, who also has scimitar syndrome. She shared with me that he would need heart surgery sometime [...]
Angie from Yukon, Oklahoma writes: My daughter just went in on Thursday August 26, 2010 to have the catherization surgery to close her ASD but when they got in they found out that it wasn’t the kind that could be closed that way. They also found that she had the Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return [...]
