Re: No left ventricle for a baby

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[ Home ] [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followups ] [ FAQ ] [ Back to Messages ] Message Posted by Shari on November 16, 2000 at 00:41:47: In Reply to: No left ventricle for a baby posted by alissa on November 08, 2000 at 20:11:24: : Hello I was wondering if anyone knows what would be looking at if we adopted a baby who was born with no left ventricle in her heart, she is having surgery tomorrow to give her one and my husband and I are wondering what we will be up against. If anyone knows please let me know. Thank you. : Alissa Hi I am the mother of an almost 10 year old boy born with "Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrom" this basically means that he has no functioning left ventricle. What they do is reroute the blood through 3 surgeries so that the right ventricle pumps out oxygenated blood to the body instead of the left one....it then gets sent to the lungs straight from the upper and lower body instead of being pumped to the lungs(it gets there passively through a system the surgeon makes). Enough of the anatomy and on to the child....Benjamin is pretty much your average kid, has friends, gets good grades, has plenty of energy...although he can't do a full sized soccer field team it's too much running...but he does play baseball, rollerblade, climb, jump etc. He is on no medicines although this is rare but a lot of heart kids just take aspirin after all the surgeries. He recently had a pacemaker implanted due to epiosodes of a very low heart rate while sleeping. I'm told that 15% of these patients have their heart's natural electrical thrown off due to scar tissue. He had this done almost 3 weeks ago and is coming along just fine....he even is making pacemaker jokes. Shari Follow Ups Post a Followup If you post a followup: Please review our message board guidelines. Please keep messages on topic. Advertising messages are not permitted on this board. Please report any violations to webmaster@healthboards.com Name: E-Mail (optional): please note: your e-mail address will be visible for others to see. Subject: Message: (add your reply here) : : Hello I was wondering if anyone knows what would be looking at if we adopted a baby who was born with no left ventricle in her heart, she is having surgery tomorrow to give her one and my husband and I are wondering what we will be up against. If anyone knows please let me know. Thank you. : : Alissa : Hi I am the mother of an almost 10 year old boy born with "Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrom" this basically means that he has no functioning left ventricle. What they do is reroute the blood through 3 surgeries so that the right ventricle pumps out oxygenated blood to the body instead of the left one....it then gets sent to the lungs straight from the upper and lower body instead of being pumped to the lungs(it gets there passively through a system the surgeon makes). Enough of the anatomy and on to the child....Benjamin is pretty much your average kid, has friends, gets good grades, has plenty of energy...although he can't do a full sized soccer field team it's too much running...but he does play baseball, rollerblade, climb, jump etc. He is on no medicines although this is rare but a lot of heart kids just take aspirin after all the surgeries. He recently had a pacemaker implanted due to epiosodes of a very low heart rate while sleeping. I'm told that 15% of these patients have their heart's natural electrical thrown off due to scar tissue. He had this done almost 3 weeks ago and is coming along just fine....he even is making pacemaker jokes. : Shari Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Note: The moderator has the right to delete any message deemed inappropiate for this board. Repeat violators of healthboards policy will be permanently barred from the boards. Reminder - No ad messages permitted!

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