Journey of a Lifetime

Friday, May 30, 2008

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FaithCDH: Steve and I were married in June 2004. We had always dreamed of having a family. The summer of 2007 after I graduated college we found out that we were expecting! We had our ultrasound at 20 weeks and found out it was a girl. The next day our world was turned upside down as we learned of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. We sought out a second opinion after "termination" and "fetal demise likely" were heard and read on the reports. We found the surgeons at the University of Michigan gave us the hope we desired. Faith was born in Ann Arbor on March 6th, 2008 her cousins birthday. She was on ECMO for 18 days, enrolled in a clinical trial using perflubron and had a gortex repair. I wish I could say that this all resulted in a happy ending. After 30 days of fight, our little girl grew her wings as we held her for the first time.