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cypress, ca, United States
Hi my name is Jennifer I am ShawnnBears mom. ShawnBear was born with HLHS.We chose the 3 stage surgery. Shawn had his Norwood open heart surgery on January 3rd 2008 and came home on the 19th . He was doing well until about three months old when they decided to do the Glenn early at 3months because of low oxagen sats. When Shawn came back for surgery he was ok for about 3 hours then he came very close to leaving us. He was rushed back to the O.R. and came back in stable condition. Despite that stepback we were sent home about a week later. Shawn was sent home on oxagen because his sats were still in the low 70's. cardio doc said that we should concider another open heart sugery to repair this. Shawn had his reconstuction of the tricuspid valve at CHLA by Dr Vaugh Starnes.December 2009 shawnBear had a pacemaker placed due to low heart rate while sleeping. Shawn has been long but he smiled all the way through. By looking at my amazing boy you would not know that he was born with only half a heart and had 4 open heart surgerys . I have learned a lot from Shawn but the most important thing is not to take life for granted. Enjoy every moment

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Kisses


Hi all . Shawn is doing fantastic. =) . He has more and more attitude every day but he is still the cutest baby ever. Shawn has been handing out kisses like crazy. All is well around our house right now. I just started school recently in hopes to get through my gen ed classes so I can start my RN program in January 2010. I am so excited. Shawn has RSV next week and choc clinic for immunizations. I will post again soon. I hope every one is having a wonderful year so far. God Bless


Jennifer