Living with HALF A HEART: A Mother's Guide to Navigating Fontan Surgery

Living with HALF A HEART: A Mother's Guide to Navigating Fontan Surgery
ISBN-10
1925884910
ISBN-13
9781925884913
Category
Medical
Pages
132
Language
English
Published
2019-11-12
Author
Libby Andrew

Description

A practical handbook for parents and caregivers contemplating Fontan Surgery for their newborn baby. In this book, Libby Andrew reveals her personal version of "a mother's guide" to a Fontan circulation. Her son's cardiac malformation was detected at a 20-week ultrasound, giving her time to prepare for the challenging journey that lay ahead, including three life-saving heart surgeries and more. Libby hopes to assist other families preparing for Fontan surgery and other related congenital heart defects in babies which require time spent in the intensive care unit, hospital ward and beyond. It is hoped that this handbook can assist in best preparation for hospital stays and surgeries, provide hope for the future and share the experience gained.

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