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parents and kids that should be
honored? If so, we'd love to share
their story.
Just email us and in the subject box,
type HH Soulful Spirit KIDS. Thanks
and I look forward to hearing from you!
Tiana Wathington-Diggs
I had a perfect pregnancy until my 6th month (26
weeks). It was then I had some spotting of blood. I
went to the hospital and I was dilated 2 cm. I was
having some contractions and 2 days later, I dilated to
7cm. My daughter was born 1lb 13oz. at 26 weeks.
After a couple of days, she was less than a pound. My
doctor told me she would not survive. She was
breathing on her own for 5 days but then had to go on
a breathing machine for 2 1/2 weeks. She had
bleeding on the brain and 3 blood transfusions. The
valve in her heart had a hard time closing. If it didn't
close, they told me they would have to operate but it
finally closed with some medicine. She had BPD
(bronchial pulmonary dysplasia). She had problems
with her breathing and when it was time for her to finally
come home, she was on oxygen for 3 months. Every
day she was in the hospital, I did not know if she was
going to live or die. I saw babies die and it was the
most stressful time of my life. My daughter is dealing
with asthma today because of her breathing problems
as a baby but she is a healthy 12 years now. It was the
grace of the Most High who got me and my daughter
through that time. He really works miracles.
-Desiree Diggs, proud mother
I had a perfect pregnancy until my 6th month (26
weeks). It was then I had some spotting of blood. I
went to the hospital and I was dilated 2 cm. I was
having some contractions and 2 days later, I dilated to
7cm. My daughter was born 1lb 13oz. at 26 weeks.
After a couple of days, she was less than a pound. My
doctor told me she would not survive. She was
breathing on her own for 5 days but then had to go on
a breathing machine for 2 1/2 weeks. She had
bleeding on the brain and 3 blood transfusions. The
valve in her heart had a hard time closing. If it didn't
close, they told me they would have to operate but it
finally closed with some medicine. She had BPD
(bronchial pulmonary dysplasia). She had problems
with her breathing and when it was time for her to finally
come home, she was on oxygen for 3 months. Every
day she was in the hospital, I did not know if she was
going to live or die. I saw babies die and it was the
most stressful time of my life. My daughter is dealing
with asthma today because of her breathing problems
as a baby but she is a healthy 12 years now. It was the
grace of the Most High who got me and my daughter
through that time. He really works miracles.
-Desiree Diggs, proud mother
Lindsay Simpson
Lindsay was born Ovtober 2nd, 1990 and the same night, the dr.
noticed when she cried, she'd turn blue. So they transferred her to
Texas Children's Hospital where we learned that she had a complex
heart defect: Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
(holes in the heart), Pulmonary & Mitral Atresia meaning valves are
missing, Hypoplastic Left Ventricle and Transposition of the Great
Vessels (meaning they are reversed). She was a frail, small baby and
had a shunt put in at 2 days old. She stayed in the neonatal ICU on a
ventilator; she had constant thrush and even though she came home
once, she ended being rushed back after she stopped breathing. After
that, however she seemed to progress normally.
At 15 months old, she went in for a routine heart catherization and they
accidentally bumped the AV node in her heart, causing it not to beat
properly and had a pacemaker put in. We were then told she needed a
heart transplant. On April 9, 1992 a heart became available and she
had her first heart transplant at eighteen months.
She had complications the first few days after surgery but a week later,
she started to improve slowly. She pulled out her tubes and wires and
started to ask for her sister, Lana.
Lindsay was born Ovtober 2nd, 1990 and the same night, the dr.
noticed when she cried, she'd turn blue. So they transferred her to
Texas Children's Hospital where we learned that she had a complex
heart defect: Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
(holes in the heart), Pulmonary & Mitral Atresia meaning valves are
missing, Hypoplastic Left Ventricle and Transposition of the Great
Vessels (meaning they are reversed). She was a frail, small baby and
had a shunt put in at 2 days old. She stayed in the neonatal ICU on a
ventilator; she had constant thrush and even though she came home
once, she ended being rushed back after she stopped breathing. After
that, however she seemed to progress normally.
At 15 months old, she went in for a routine heart catherization and they
accidentally bumped the AV node in her heart, causing it not to beat
properly and had a pacemaker put in. We were then told she needed a
heart transplant. On April 9, 1992 a heart became available and she
had her first heart transplant at eighteen months.
She had complications the first few days after surgery but a week later,
she started to improve slowly. She pulled out her tubes and wires and
started to ask for her sister, Lana.
At birth
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