Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Sweet baby Chelsea wearing one of our "Lily Grace Project" hairbows

Chelsea wearing one of our hairbows from "The Lily Grace Project" when we visited on October 29, 2012.  Daughter to: Jessica Simmons. Chelsea was born August 17, 2012 just 6 days after sweet Lily. Glad Chelsea is doing well & Lily is definitely watching over this precious "heart" baby!!  

From Jessica: I am sending you a picture of Chelsea the day you came to her room and gave her the hairbow and I am sending a picture of her now at home!

Chelsea's Story:
Chelsea was born with a small valve and a large hole in her heart. The doctor's allowed her to go home but at 6 weeks she started turning blue on her lips and finger tips. She was not getting enough oxygen through her body. They did open heart surgery on her October 12, 2012. She came through surgery fine. When they closed her up she coded and they had to reopen her. She had a blood clot in her heart. They fixed it, closed her and sent her to recovery. WHile in recovery she coded again.

We almost lost her. She then had to go on ECMO. She was on ECMO for around 2 weeks. She made a super fast recovery after coming off ECMO and came home less than 2 weeks from being taken off ECMO. She is doing good now and only has a pace maker just in case. BEAUTIFUL CHELSEA WEARING A LILY GRACE PROJECT BOW!!! Picture 1 at the hospital..




Picture 2 at home:  Sweet girl made it home... Congratulations Chelsea!!


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