Miracles
Danny and I are so blessed to know that a special little spirit is coming into our lives. We know that he is heaven sent with a special heart to teach us of love, hope and the miracle of life. The cardiologist said it was a miracle in itself that this diagnosis was made in utero . Our 20 week ultrasound looked great, however, the pictures of the spine were blurry, so they had me do a second ultrasound. In the second ultrasound the tech noticed that the left ventricle was a little smaller that the right and HLHS was confirmed from an fetal echo cardiogram . There is a chance that Tyler has down syndrome due to a diagnosed AV canal which is a common heart defect in children with downs. We opted not to do an amniocentesis due to the risk of procedure and the fact that it isn't of great importance to us. These children often appear to be healthy when they are born until a tiny hole in the heart closes and oxygenated blood isn't adequately pumped to the body, which can be l