My husband is 42 year old Survivor of a CHD (Congenital Heart defect) he was born with what's called D-Transposition of the great vessels, basically his heart is in reverses. For years Dr's told my in-laws-parents & and my husband that he would not live or make it through the surgeries he had, but he has proved them wrong and gone well past there expected life expectancy for him.The place that saved my husband life Stanford Univsity, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California
My husband was born May 1965 born a blue baby had his first Open heart surgery on 20 Aug 1965 they Create a VSD in his heart, then again on 31 Jan 1969 they did the Mustard Procdure and yet again on the same day but at night they had to go back in to stop a problem then on 15 Aug 1970 they did a Pectus excavatum repair. In May 2000 they did other Procedure on his heart called a clam shell deive to fix a hole in his heart! In Dec 2005 they removed a subasus cyst from his chest.After my husband 1 surgeries, my husband had the Mustard Procedure. It was created in 1961. He recived his surgeris at Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, Ca. by Dr. Norman Shumway that now passed on from cancer.
I hope this help you understand a little about my husband!
Photo info: Happy Easter Three year old Michael Zeigler of Campbell, Calif., doesn't know yet how grateful he should be on this Easter weekend, but in years to come it will be different. Michael has been discharged from Stanford University Hospital two months after surgery corrected a congenital defect in his heart. From: Sat., April 5, 1969 S. F. Examiner Page 9
