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Kelly
I am a 28 yr old women, I have a son who is 4
yrs old, and am married to a wonderful man. It first started about a year and a
half ago, when I started to feel funny. Everyone here probably knows what I am
talking about. In May of 2003 I gave birth to my daughter who had not only
stomach problems, but her heart was not fully developed. I gave birth to her
"Presley May" on May 9th and she passed away on May 10th. She was also was born
with down syndrome, which is often associated with heart defects. After that all
happened, I started to have bad palpitations, like I could feel my heart all the
time and it would just take a really long time for that next beat, I was getting
lightheaded, dizzy and I thought I am home with my child all by myself, what if
something happens to me? TOTALLY, not a person to go to the doctors, but I
thought after this pregnancy, which wasn't what I expected at all, I was in the
emergency room all the time because I had complications. I thought I would go,
and they would tell me it was stress. Well, they did all kinds of tests, and I
called my Mom and she said kind of jokingly that when I was younger they thought
I had a hole in my heart. I said well maybe I will be nicer if they fix it. Not
really thinking anything was wrong. Well the Dr. left a message saying that
something was wrong. Anyway they fixed the hole in my heart, and said I should
feel so much better, more energy, better breathing, I just don't feel it. I
still get palpitations frequently, they said that wouldn't necessarily go away,
because I also have a flap in my heart that doesn't close properly, but
hopefully they are saying that I should live to at least 90 with that. Anyway
it's been a long year or so, and I feel guilty that my heart was fixed but I
couldn't do anything for my daughter's. I just want to say, keep your faith up
and stay healthy and happy for your families. We're still here, so God must want
us here for a reason. All my love, and Good Wishes to all of you!
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