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By corinneellison on 07 January 2011, 08:02 PM
Now at the 6 months stage following my open heart surgery in June 2010, I am finally feeling back to 'normal' - whatever that is! I am hitting small targets one by one, which make me feel the road to recovery has been successful. These goal posts have included: running / swimming / cycling for the first time, first airplane flight, first nursing...
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By Jen heart mum on 19 December 2010, 10:25 PM
I have tried to reply to the comments from my previous post and it won't let me so this is my now very long answer. It was mentioned that we are amazing. Erm no (but thanks). I'm a housewife and I'm still getting my head around my boy's diagnosis. My new motto in life is "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming". Let me tell...
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By Jen heart mum on 15 December 2010, 11:30 AM
Hi there. I'm a Mum of two boys. My youngest has a complex heart condition called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. He has just celebrated his 1st birthday. We found out at the 20 week scan that our baby had a severe and complex heart condition. To say the last year has been tough is an understatement. I don't ever want to go through a year like...
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By corinneellison on 10 November 2010, 12:07 PM
Today is exactly 20 weeks since my heart surgery to close a hole in my heart (ASD). This might not sound like an important milestone such as 6 weeks post op (when you can drive) or 12 weeks when the breastbone is siad to be healed after open heart surgery. But 5 months after my operation, I can honestly say I feel back to normal, whatever that is! The...
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By corinneellison on 01 October 2010, 04:22 PM
In January this year I was diagnosed with an atrial septal defect - a large hole in the upper chambers of my heart. An ASD is a congenital heart defect, but wasn’t picked up with me at birth (I'm now 27). I began to experience symptoms in Autumn 2009 following 2 marathons and an olympic triathlon. At rest, I started to have mild chest discomfort...
