by ardent_user | Sep 20, 2021 | Stories
My Daughter, Jaden, was born in 1995 by emergency C section at 42 weeks. Throughout my entire pregnancy and until Jaden was 6 days old, there had been no indication that there was anything wrong. Day 6 saw myself and Jaden on a Commercial flight being tra
by ardent_user | Sep 20, 2021 | Stories
Within minutes of being born, doctors discovered something wasn’t right. Jessica was quickly flown to Brisbane to be cared for. Jessica spent the first few months of her life in hospital because of her heart condition. Jessica would have 5 heart surgeries
by ardent_user | Nov 11, 2020 | Stories
At our 20 week scan, Riley was diagnosed with Double Outlet, Hypoplastic Right Ventricle, Ventricular Septal Defect, (VSD), Pulmonary Atresia and Dextrocardia and his start to life was going to be tough.
by ardent_user | Nov 1, 2020 | Stories
Just wanted to let you know our little Bubbas CHD story, hopefully it will help others in similar situations to realise that a CHD diagnosis doesn’t have to be as truly frightening as it seems, that light can be found in the most dark & scary of places.
by ardent_user | Nov 1, 2020 | Stories
Elana, Heart Kid At 24 weeks gestation our baby girl was diagnosed with Congenital heart disease and on the 28th of September 2016 Elana Grace was delivered via caesarean weighing 2.9kg. We knew she had a fight ahead of her but didn’t expect how great. She was...
by ardent_user | Nov 1, 2020 | Stories
I was diagnosed with congenital heart disease in utero. The chances of survival were less than 2%. Within my first 6 months I had 3 heart surgeries, suffered a stroke and have since needed a permanent pacemaker.