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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.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

The results are in.....

Ruthie's lung are a go for the heart transplant! They found some fluid, but they arenot too worried about that now. So transplant plant team, let's talk!!!!! :) :) :)We are waiting to talk to Dr. Cantor (who is the head of the transplant team) now. Ruth is stable in the CICU and they are working on getting a PIC line in this morning. They hope to pull her breathing tube later today since she is purely using the vent as back up now.
I will update after we speak to Dr. Cantor!
Thank you thank you thank you God. Thank you to all our supporters. Your advice prayers love and support are appreciated and clearly are working in our favor. Keep praying!

Prayers, hugs and thanks to our heart families. You are amazing!
Heart hugs!
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3 comments:

  1. ShannonJanuary 28, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    We have been praying for you guys like crazy. That's wonderful news. Stay strong Ruthie and we will keep praying for you!!!

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  2. SundieJanuary 28, 2010 at 10:00 PM

    Great news! We will continue praying with all our might!!!
    Hugs,
    Sundie

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  3. connie and adamJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:46 AM

    That is Great News! I will continue to pray for Ruthie and your family. Just try to stay strong all of you guys. :)

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