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Heart Surgery - Children

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... see if the hole would heal as 70% of them do. She wasn't doing too well spending more time in hospital than out which was begining to affect my little boy so it was decided to send us to the Glenfield hospital for more tests to see in detail how bad the hole was.By this time she was 3 1/2 months old.I was told we'd have to wait for the results but within 1 week we had a phone call saying she needed surgery it would take place within the week. More tears more worry more questions, all of them answered by 2 ver...more

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Heart Surgery - Children: life after heart surgery (449 words)
by kabeyone - written on 01.08.01 (Very useful, 184 readings)
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one of the worst days of my life was when i took my little girl for her 6 week check up as she was 6 weeks premature and small. We did notice that she wasn't feeding very well but it was put down to her not needing much as she was a small baby(4ld 4oz).she could go 12 hrs without a feed. On examination the doctors face fell,he asked me if i could take her round to x-ray.I asked what the problem was, he said he could hear a murmour but may not be anything to worry about.After routine tests it was found she had an hole in the heart,our world fell apart,panic worry and loads of questions for the medical staff. First she had to have different medications ...

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