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Infant and Surgery
Asked by C.R. from Chicago
on August 23, 2006
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My son was born with an extra thumb on his left hand. I was told that this is not too unusual (about 1 in 1000 births.) It is not affecting his health or development...
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- Hi C., My oldest son, now 7, had polydactaly on both hands and feet. He had extra pinkies on his hands and feet. Both my husband and I had never seen ths before, ...
- My family had a situation with my baby girl where we could either have surgery performed right away (5 months old) or wait until she was older. It was a condition tha...
- Both of my sons have had surgery before or right when they turned one. My youngest for tubes, my oldest for a hemangioma on his neck that would get knocked open and w...
Needing Advice/experiences with Infant Heart Surgery :(
Asked by J.F. from Chicago
on January 6, 2008
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I am 29 weeks pg, set to deliver in 10 weeks. My baby girl has a Coarctation of the Aorta. It is something that will require heart surgery shortly after she is born. N...
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- Dear J., I do not have any stories to share, I just wanted to say that I will pray for you and your baby. I have heard of this before, and I've heard wonderful succes...
- I also have a little one with heart problems - one of his problems was Coarc of the Aorta (plus others giving him Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome). He's 2 years and 4...
- Hi J.- I can totally understand how you feel. I was 22 weeks pregnant when we found out about our son's heart disease. He has a few problems with his heart-one of th...
