Little Heart Family: It's Tough Being the Little Brother

Sunday, May 10, 2009

It's Tough Being the Little Brother

Clayton (with great excitement): Mama, Mama... I shay wit Bay-he E-yi!

Yes, all those lessons in sharing are paying off, or are they? Poor Eli.

Next lesson: Please don't stack things on the baby.

1 comment:

Lucas and MeghanMay 11, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Clayton is such a good big brother!
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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.