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On May 4, 2009, Josh and I discovered that our soon to be little girl, due on August 25th, would be born with a CHD known as HLHS (hypo-plastic left heart syndrome). Upon hearing "something is wrong with your baby's heart" our lives changed completely. Our little Ruth Elizabeth was brought into this world on August 18, 2009. She was delivered via c-section and rushed immediately from Barnes to Childrens' Hospital for a cardiac cath intervention. Her arial septum was reopened and a week later, Ruthie underwent her first open heart surgery, the Norwood. Unfortunately, Ruthie was not able to survive on her Norwood heart and the Glenn procedure would not work for her. Ruthie was placed on the heart transplant list Feb.3, 2010. After waiting in SLCH, Ruthie received a new heart on July 5, 2010. We are so humbly blessed to receive this gift of life. We now are on the road to recovery. We have had our ups and downs. We have become SLCH regulars due to countless hospital stays and ER visits. We are learning how to manage life outside of SLCH and with another little girl. Now that we have two children, we are learning the about being a heart FAMILY.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

12.22.09

We have a date!

Posted Dec 22, 2009 8:01pm

On January 27, 2010 Ruth will be going into St. Louis Children's Hospital for her Glenn surgery. We will have a pre-operation day on Jan. 26th starting at 10 am. That night we are get to bring Ruthie home and prepare ourselves for the hospital and surgery the following day. We are not sure what time surgery will be, but we will have that information on Jan. 26th.

If, I don't get a chance to post before the holidays, then Merry Christmas to everyone and Happy New Year!

Heart hugs and prayers!

Ruthie, Laura and Josh

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1 comment:

  1. ShannonDecember 26, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    Laura,
    I'm excited that you've entered the blog world! I LOVE it, and I'm sure you will too. I've been keeping up with the cp, and meaning to comment, I just haven't. I was actually thinking about emailing you instead. Know that we've been praying HARD for Ruthie and you and Josh. I'm so, so glad they've given the "ok" to go ahead with the Glenn!!

    I'll be in touch.

    Big heart hugs and prayers,
    Shannon

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