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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.

Monday, September 20, 2010

mAnIc MoNdAy




Hey everyone! I am doing GREAT! I love being at home. Mommy and Daddy are starting to get me all figured out again. Mommy has me working on a schedule. She is busy, busy writing down when I do the "important" things, like fill my pants. Daddy is back to the work. He did have the entire weekend off with me. We had so much fun playing together and giving Mommy trouble. He says she likes it.
But enough from me, I have some more sitting and rolling to do!
Good bye Friends!
Love you!
Hugs!

Ruthie
Heart Hugs from on

1 comment:

  1. KathySeptember 21, 2010 at 6:50 AM

    Oooooh she looks wonderful!!! So So Sooo happy for you and your family! Keep up the good work Ruthie!
    Kathy

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