Saturday, July 2, 2011


Riding for Mason

-Mason John - May 4, 2010


Mason was born May 4, 2010 and we were completely unaware that anything was wrong. Although he was in heart failure, we would not find out until one hour before his and mine discharge. His pediatrician heard a heart murmur and ordered an Echo. Within a half hour of the Echo, Mason was in the NICU, intubated, being kept alive with medicine and numerous tubes. He was diagnosed with Coarctation of Aorta and had open heart surgery on the third day of his life. We had no warning and did not understand what was happening to him. The memory that stands out the most is that he was taken from me and we could longer hear him cry. With two healthy boys at home waiting for their brother, it was hard for us to tell them what was going on, when we did not know about Mason’s diagnoses of Congenital Heart Disease. Mason came through surgery with flying colors, I got to hold him again when he was five days old. To hear him cry was the sweetest sound. At four months old he was diagnosed with Shone’s Syndrome. He is monitored for the Coarctation repair, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, and Mitral Valve Stenosis. Mason is just getting his walking down and enjoys being able to chase after his big brothers!

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