Little Heart Family: My Firefighters

Sunday, October 23, 2011

My Firefighters

Alternately titled: Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

These boys are into firefighting lately. They can often be found running around with the attachment hoses to my vacuum cleaner putting out fires all around the house. I love all their games, and I especially love that every now and then they can play nicely together.

2 comments:

JennyOctober 23, 2011 at 3:12 PM
this picture makes me laugh! I think your alt. title caused extra laughter! they are so cute.
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Lucas and MeghanOctober 24, 2011 at 10:52 PM
I just picked myself up off the floor laughing! I LOVE those boys!
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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.