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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 742864" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>We will see what happens next! I’m not holding out a lot of hope that this is the final turnaround, since he has not committed to getting help or entering sober living. But perhaps each time he tries gets him closer. At least he’s acknowledging that he has a problem and showing that he WANTS something better for himself. I just can’t let myself get too invested in the success at this stage, or I will be devestated if he fails again. I will wait and see. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks Smithmom! He will always have a scar but it’s silvery and faded now. </p><p></p><p>His condition was complicated. His heart was essentially flipped so blood went the wrong way - backwards back into the lungs. They had to move the aorta so blood would flow the right way back out to the body instead of back to the lungs, repair a hole in the ventricle and replace a valve. They did the first surgery when he was just three days old. He had to have several more over his first year. And they have to keep checking to make sure the valve doesn’t need replaced again as he grows. A lot of times they do apparently. He is truly my miracle baby!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 742864, member: 23349"] We will see what happens next! I’m not holding out a lot of hope that this is the final turnaround, since he has not committed to getting help or entering sober living. But perhaps each time he tries gets him closer. At least he’s acknowledging that he has a problem and showing that he WANTS something better for himself. I just can’t let myself get too invested in the success at this stage, or I will be devestated if he fails again. I will wait and see. Thanks Smithmom! He will always have a scar but it’s silvery and faded now. His condition was complicated. His heart was essentially flipped so blood went the wrong way - backwards back into the lungs. They had to move the aorta so blood would flow the right way back out to the body instead of back to the lungs, repair a hole in the ventricle and replace a valve. They did the first surgery when he was just three days old. He had to have several more over his first year. And they have to keep checking to make sure the valve doesn’t need replaced again as he grows. A lot of times they do apparently. He is truly my miracle baby! [/QUOTE]
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