FEBRUARY IS CHD AWARENESS MONTH...

well, just wanted to remind everyone that THIS UPCOMING MONTH IS CHD AWARENESS MONTH! for those that don't know, MATTHEW our 3 year old, was born with a rare congenital heart defect(CHD) called TOTAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENEOUS RETURN (TAPVR). He was not expected to LIVE after he was born. we were one of MANY that had absolutely NO IDEA that anything was wrong with Matthew until he was a couple of minutes old! He was a blue baby...he would not change colors and stayed BLUE....he was transfered to another hospital where he had OPEN HEART SURGERY at 8 hours old....when he was 5 days old, they took him off ECMO (life support) to die a natural death....he is now 3 years old and is such a SPECIAL MIRACLE OF A BOY! we are sooooo proud of him (his picture montage is on the right!)...

i am so happy that there is now a MENDED LITTLE HEARTS chapter here in My hometown. it is a CHD support group FINALLY!! i am so happy and it feels so good to have them here! well, they made a montage for the upcoming week of CHD AWARENESS...please check it out!! you will see matthew in a couple of shots too!! :)


CHD Awareness