Our son, Carter Jean Seely, was born September 18, 2015 at three in the morning at St. Mary's hospital in Grand Junction. For the first 24 hours everything was as normal as it could be. Our little man had finally arrived and we couldn't be more happy. The next day Carter had failed his oxygen saturation test, and therefore was given a cardiac ultra sound. After an hour of looking at his heart the technician told us Carter was okay. He said that anything he noticed wasn't too out of the ordinary. Later that day a doctor came rushing into our room saying that she needed to take Carter immediately, and she had no time to explain. She grabbed our baby and we were rushed down the hall with her, screaming and crying the whole way. We thought we were going to lose our son. We were put in a room to calm down and a cardiac specialist came in to talk to us. He told us that Carter's heart had not fully formed during the pregnancy. The specialist had watched the ultrasound video and discovered that Carter has a heart defect called hypo-plastic left heart syndrome. His left ventricle hadn't fully developed which causes his blood to not get dispersed to the heart and lungs properly. That day, September 19, he was flown from St. Mary's hospital in Grand Junction to the Children's hospital in Aurora. They could not tell us whether or not our son was going to live, and they still today can not tell us anything with certainty. The only thing we can do is take it one day at a time, one surgery at a time, one obstacle at a time, one complication at a time. Carter at one week old had his first heart surgery. From his first surgery, Carter gained a vocal chord paralysis and a left diaphragm paralysis which still severely effects him to this day. The vocal chord paralysis causes him to aspirate into his lungs so he cannot eat by mouth. He has Pneumatosis which is caused by air in his intestines and something he is more prone to have due to the decreased perfusion in his intestines. He also has to be on oxygen for his diaphragm paralysis because this prohibits normal lung function and the oxygen helps him breathe. We have now been away from home for over a month, and we have over a month left over here this time. We may be lucky enough to be able to go home for a month or so before having to come back up here for his next surgery, and who knows what bumps this long road ahead of us has. Working is hard right now, and unfortunately we don't have all the funds we need for Carter's hospital bills, and other necessities. If you feel able and willing to donate even a dollar we will forever be grateful, and even if you are unable to donate, we ask for your prayers and well wishes. The Lord has already worked so many miracles on our little man, he is tougher than any of us. We just want our son to have a normal life, just like any parent would. Thank you so much for your support!
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