[tri-med] Re: t-13 w/ heart problems

Good Morning Mikki,
  Sure am enjoying the support of all of you on-line friends.  print out all the
e-mails and take them to Melissa so she can have the info too. Really anxious to
see the ehco but like you said , till a baby is born you don't know. Think
Melissa's having trouble having hope and thinking of all the health problems and
surgeries her baby would have to go thru. The docs say he has a cleft, we don't
know what the extent is yet. Of course in it's self is a small thing compared to
heart and kidney problems. All the working thru the feelings is one of the
hardest. I am so thankful for the encouragment from you and Penny. Have you ever
met her? Think she's so neet and just started talking.

Thankyou for your love & prayers and you & your family definatly have ours also.

Talk to you soon.
Love , LouAnn

Mom to Melissa, mom in law to Trent, Grammy to Maelin Ann ,2yrs & baby boy T-13
(due Oct)
 Mom to Mick,27 & TJ, 14 (the roller coaster age!)

Mikkinbrendan@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 7/25/2002 4:14:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bh54901@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > What is an asd & pda? And what was his prognosis when
> >
>
> ASD stand for atrial septal defect which in Brendan is a small opening in the
> wall between the upper chambers of his heart, at this point it has not caused
> any problems for him.  PDA stand for Patent ductus arteriosus, what I
> understand about this (someone correct me if I am wrong please)  this is an
> atery which goes from the heart to the lungs while the baby is prenatal and
> is suppose to close when the baby is born.  In Brendan's case it didn't but
> according to his last echo there is only a trace opening.  Both of these are
> present prenatal so this might not be any help for you at this moment.
>      I can tell you that Brendan is doing really well and we are celebrating
> his first birthday next week.  The drs didn't tell us much when we left the
> hospital.  They gave us the statistics which were not very good, but each
> child is so different that couldn't tell us what to expect.
>      I will send you and your daughter all my love, hope and prayers for this
> very difficult time.  I will be here if you need me.
>
> Mikki (Michelle) Rooney  wife of John (8 years)
> Mom of Michael (8), Caitlin (5), Siobhan (2) and
> Brendan T-13 (11 months)
> Mikkinbreandan@xxxxxxx
>
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