A STORY OF MATTHEW – Meet Matthew
One in 100 babies are born with a congenital heart defect. Our sweet Matthew is one of those.
At formation, his heart sort of “twisted up.” He heart has a large hole, his two main arteries are switched and come off of the same ventricle, his pulmonary artery is narrowed, and his valves criss-cross into the wrong chambers (that’s his biggest problem).
He’s one in eight million. He’s our lightning strike.
Because of the complexity of his heart, he was not able to have a corrective procedure as some kids are. At 7 months and 3 years of age, he underwent open heart surgeries at Egleston to perform a bypass. So, his blood flow does not go through the heart, like mine and yours does, it goes straight to the lungs to try to reduce the workload of his heart.
Despite the complexity of his heart, and two open heart surgeries, God has blessed us with a wonderful, healthy, happy boy. He is active in church, sports and the gifted program at school. He has tons of friends, he loves life and especially people, and he wants to change the world in some way.
We are forever grateful to Dr. V and staff at Pediatric Cardiology Services, and Dr. Kanter and staff at Children’s at Egleston and Sibley Heart Center for the compassionate, loving care provided to Matthew and to our family during our time there.
We got our smile back from our sweet boy, and he hasn’t stopped smiling since.
Thank you all at Children’s for the love you give to families during their darkest moments.
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