Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 What is hypoplastic left heart syndrome? Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a combination of several abnormalities of the heart and great blood vessels. It is a congenital (present at birth) syndrome, meaning that the heart defects occur due to abnormal underdevelopment of sections of the fetal heart during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy. In the normal heart, oxygen-poor (blue) blood returns to the right atrium from the body, travels to the right ventricle, then is pumped through the pulmonary artery into the lungs where it receives oxygen. Oxygen-rich (red) blood returns to the left atrium from the lungs, passes into the left ventricle, and then is pumped out to the body through the aorta. > > Oh, Crystal, I am so sorry. So very sad. > Can you explain HLHS? > pam > > > Prayers for a CHARGE family > > I found out a few weeks ago there is a little boy at the hospital that > Eva goes to that has HLHS then about a week and a half ago they were > told he also has CHARGE. His name is and sadly he passed away > yesterday morning. Please say alittle prayer for his family. There is > pictures and a video on Eva's site and a link to his underlinks on her > site. > Thanks, > Crystal and Eva > www.babysites.com/sites/crystalm1476/ > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Oh, you are funny! thanks for this information. pam Prayers for a CHARGE family > > I found out a few weeks ago there is a little boy at the hospital that > Eva goes to that has HLHS then about a week and a half ago they were > told he also has CHARGE. His name is and sadly he passed away > yesterday morning. Please say alittle prayer for his family. There is > pictures and a video on Eva's site and a link to his underlinks on her > site. > Thanks, > Crystal and Eva > www.babysites.com/sites/crystalm1476/ > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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