A specialist called an "Cardiologist", also known as a heart specialist was called in to check my baby out. Many tests were taken to find out what her problem or problems were.
In the doctors office I was shown a perfect heart, and then he explained to me the kind of heart my daughter had. My daughter was born with two holes in her heart, and only three quarters of her heart was working and she was born with a backwards heart.
The Cardiologist told me that she was getting too much oxygen to her lungs because of the two holes in her heart. He also said that her pulmonary artery had expanded to the point of almost rupturing.
This met that she was going to have surgery to prevent this from happening, and the surgery would also lower the amount of blood flow to her lungs. The surgery was done when she was 6 months old.
The Cardiologist put a Teflon band over the holes and he rerouted the arteries in her heart. The procedure had to be done again at the age of 2.
It was dangerous at this age, for many other children that had this surgery had died from it.
She had to go through therapy classes to teach her how to crawl, walk, talk, and eat. This was done through her early childhood years.
My daughter was very sick as a child so all the physical therapy had to be done at home.
As she got older, the doctors had noticed that she had a serious problem that was diagnosed as"Scoliosis", a curvature of the spine.
After an accident her "Scoliosis" had progressed at such a rapid pace that she had to have an almost immediate operation.
During her school years it took her longer to study and do homework more than any other normal child, this was due to the lack of oxygen to her brain.
But she was determined to succeed, and this she did! She had a 3.9 grade average through the 12th grade. She graduated with many high honors, and she was the Valedictorian of her Senior Class.
She worked very hard and deserved every honor that was awarded to her.
Jeanna was a wonderful daughter, and we were all very proud of her and all that she had accomplished in her short life time.
One thing that she had going for her was she was a Christian, and she loved and trusted in the Lord. The Lord was first in her life, and He never left her, and she was faithful to Him. She was ready to go home to be with the Lord, and I can truthfully say that she is in a much better place, and she
is a perfect child now. The Lord walked by her side where ever she went and now she is up in Heaven walking beside the Lord. She is safe in the arms of our Lord. Without the Lord she wouldn't have been able to do all that she had done, or accomplished all that she did. The Lord guided her all the way, and He never failed her. "God Can Do Anything"! |
