http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/11/21/fallots-tetralogy-in-a-8-yo-girl/ Medicine as it must be: Unlimited Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:47:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/11/21/fallots-tetralogy-in-a-8-yo-girl/#comment-261139 Loshy Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:08:49 +0000 http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/11/21/fallots-tetralogy-in-a-8-yo-girl/#comment-261139 I have a beautiful 13 year old daughter. At the age of 6 months she developed a common cold. At the visit with my GP, we realised that something was horribly wrong. After a few weeks of consultation with peadiatric cardiologists she was diagnosed with Fallot's Tetrology. At the age of 18 months we realised that she was in need of surgery. Today, she is a healthy 13 year old, a teenager who never misses what life has to offer her. She has an advanced brown belt in Karate and she excels academically. She is currently the deputy head girl of Milton Primary School, Three Rivers, Vereeniging, South Africa. I call her my miracle baby and to all parents who have children with the same condition I want to say that prayer, faith in God and the support of family and friends was what pulled us through. My daughter hopes to become a cardiologist one day. May God bless all our children. I have a beautiful 13 year old daughter. At the age of 6 months she developed a common cold. At the visit with my GP, we realised that something was horribly wrong. After a few weeks of consultation with peadiatric cardiologists she was diagnosed with Fallot’s Tetrology. At the age of 18 months we realised that she was in need of surgery. Today, she is a healthy 13 year old, a teenager who never misses what life has to offer her. She has an advanced brown belt in Karate and she excels academically. She is currently the deputy head girl of Milton Primary School, Three Rivers, Vereeniging, South Africa. I call her my miracle baby and to all parents who have children with the same condition I want to say that prayer, faith in God and the support of family and friends was what pulled us through. My daughter hopes to become a cardiologist one day. May God bless all our children.

]]> http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/11/21/fallots-tetralogy-in-a-8-yo-girl/#comment-11420 apgaRN Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:54:30 +0000 http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/11/21/fallots-tetralogy-in-a-8-yo-girl/#comment-11420 I remember a case we had a few years ago in which a young pregnant patient, recently immigrated from somewhere in Central America and was diagnosed with Tetrology during her pregnancy! The kicker was, she couldn't give consent to have surgery herself, as a minor. Her parents were still in another country, and refused! Wish I knew how it all turned out. I remember a case we had a few years ago in which a young pregnant patient, recently immigrated from somewhere in Central America and was diagnosed with Tetrology during her pregnancy! The kicker was, she couldn’t give consent to have surgery herself, as a minor. Her parents were still in another country, and refused! Wish I knew how it all turned out.

]]> http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/11/21/fallots-tetralogy-in-a-8-yo-girl/#comment-11370 That Girl Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:14:36 +0000 http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/11/21/fallots-tetralogy-in-a-8-yo-girl/#comment-11370 Imagine not catching it until she was 8! ToF seems so much more unpredictable ( and therefore dangerous) than HLHS. Or perhaps Im just hoping. Imagine not catching it until she was 8! ToF seems so much more unpredictable ( and therefore dangerous) than HLHS. Or perhaps Im just hoping.

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