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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

Brand New Blogger Here

Hello Blogging World!
I am a brand new blogger. I never thought I would be into this blogging stuff but here I am. I have been blogging on carepages.com for a little bit now. Ever since I found out about Ruthie's heart condition, I have been posting information and updates about her. I feel as though Carepages.com was a great start for me and now I am ready to blog on my own.
I plan on transferring all the information we have posted on carepages onto this site so we can make it complete. It may take a while so until then, please be patient.
Okay, so what is the point of this blog?
I really want to have a live journal of Ruthie's life: her ups, her downs, her everything. I want to have it all documented so that one day, she can log onto the blog and look at how far she has come. Also, I have been reading (here and there) about how important writting down your feeling is for your mental health. A lot of parents or people who have gone through life changing events and times seem to find blogging as a nice release. I am willing to try it out, what could it hurt?
So, here we go! I am ready to start this adventure. Let's see if I can do it.
Heart Hugs from on

1 comment:

  1. ReneeDecember 30, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    I'm so glad that you decided to share Ruth's life with the world! She truly is a miracle baby.

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