I just wanted to write a short but important post to pay tribute to a very special person, Marwil. She conceived her child at more or less the same time as me and has just been given the devastating diagnosis of
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
She recently started a new blog “Waiting for Life” but before then was blogging under the name of Cattiz. She has always been a very faithful commentator. As a blogger it often sucks when you don’t get comments, but I could always rely on her for a comment and support. This is more precious than you know, Marwil.
What is truly awful, as she points out, is that she is left with the options of:
- end the pregnancy
- continue the pregnancy. give birth. then let nature take over. this means baby will die within less than a week.
- continue the pregnancy. give birth. give treatment; medication the first couple of days to help the heart working; surgery#1 within baby’s first four days; surgery#2 between baby’s 3-6months; surgery#3 anything between the age of 2-4 years of age.
The surgeries are very risky in themselves and haven’t been done for long.
Please go over and give her some love – I know she needs it.
I know words are insufficient at times like these – but I just want to send all the good thoughts and prayers your way and just know that you are precious.
Thank you my friend. I really appreciate it. I’m out of words right now but am slowly coming to more and more understanding of our situation.
I am very familiar with this heart-breaking syndrome- I left a message
Thank you for sharing this Heather. I too have shared it with my blog followers. At times like these we need each other more than ever. So many thoughts and prayers going out.