Little Heart Family: The Boys

Saturday, February 21, 2009

The Boys

A couple of couch potatoes

2 comments:

KimFebruary 21, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Love it!!! Absolutely love it...add Ryan in there and it's a true "Man" picture!
ReplyDelete
Replies
JohnFebruary 23, 2009 at 4:42 AM
Clayton looks just like his daddy!!
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

From http://www.mayoclinic.org/hlhs/

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is an abnormality in which the left side of the heart (left ventricle, aortic valve and aorta) is severely underdeveloped. The condition is congenital (present at birth).

When the left-side heart structures are underdeveloped, the right side of the heart must pump blood to both the lungs and to the rest of the body. In the womb, a baby's body receives oxygen-rich blood through a communication (connection) called the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). After birth, the PDA spontaneously begins to close. An undeveloped heart cannot pump efficiently enough to support life and that is when a baby with HLHS gets very sick. Without treatment, the defect is usually fatal within the first several days of life.