Little Heart Family: Great Grandparents

Monday, December 27, 2010

Great Grandparents

We were so blessed to have my grandparents at my parents' house for Christmas this year. They made the 8 hour drive down here to spend Christmas with their great grandkids. We're so fortunate they are able to get out and about. Here they are with the boys on Christmas morning.

I have to say that one of the highlights of the weekend was seeing these two play the Wii. My parents got a Wii for Christmas, and we were able to convince them to bowl with us. It was so much fun, and they were really great sports about the whole thing. Granddad got a strike on his first bowl. Why didn't I take a picture? Merry Christmas Grandmother and Granddad!

1 comment:

CeciliaDecember 31, 2010 at 2:03 AM
I like the matching shirts on the boys! Really cute.
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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.