1 in 20,000 Babies Born With This Condition
My names jade im 25 and from Stockport and im hoping I can share my sons story in the hope I can spread awarness on congenital heart defects…Last year my world was turned completely upside down when I went for a 20week scan… I lay there on the bed as the sonographer scanned me and with previously having three children I knew it can sometimes take a while but the atmosphere changed in the room… Then I hear the words no mother would want to hear ‘Theres a problem with your baby’s heart, your going to need to see a specialist at a feotal medicine unit at saint Mary’s hospital in Manchester and after several scans my worst nightmare was confirmed… My son got a diagnosis of tetralogy of fallot which occurs in 1 in 20,000 babies born with a Congenital heart defect.
My son was born by induction and he was bright pink and crying when he was born…
He went straight down to Neo natal ICU then at four days he was transferred to a different hospital then he got rushed to Alder Hey in Liverpool were he under went emergency open heart surgery his heart then stopped after a cardiac arrest then they managed to save him and put him on life support which was the darkest time ever.. Then he started to go worse and his appendix burst and then he had pro longed bleeding… But from then he has come on strength By strength and surprised so many professionals and consultants… He is my hero.
