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18a. Savannah Rae Curnock

18a. Savannah Rae Curnock

Millie ― Savannah 4th January 2013 – 2nd April 2013 Savannah was a little girl full of joy, She had a beautiful determination that no one could destroy. She came into our lives and so many lessons were taught, She conquered almost anything, with a ...

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, BCH, CCTGA, Dave Barron, Hlhs

Mills ― 3 weeks 6 days ago

10a. Out And About

Millie ― Since I’ve come home, I like to get out and about a bit. Unfortunately this is a bit of a major logistical undertaking: taking enough milk and thickener with me, plus meds, especially in the early days, on top of all the usual baby stuff, ...

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, BCH, CCTGA, Dilv, Dolv

Mills ― 30 weeks ago

17. Weekly Nurse Visits

Millie ― From the end of July 2012 daddy has started keeping regular scores of my sats and weight, as carried out by my Community Paediatric Nurse. He’ll also put them up should they be done for any other reason, such as a trip to PAU.

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, BCH, CCTGA, Cp Shunt, David Barron

Mills ― 41 weeks ago

1a. Millie’s Timeline

Millie ― Welcome to my timeline. This is here to produce a chronological order of my life, diagnoses, surgeries, admissions, discharges etc. Hopefully each date will be linked to the relevant section of my site. Timeline Feb 2011:20 week scan. Found out I ...

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, CCTGA, Dilv, Hlhs, Hrhs

Mills ― 42 weeks ago

2f. The Problems – Pulmonary Artery Stenosis (Left Arterial Branch)

Millie ― Pulmonary artery stenosis is, in layman’s terms, a narrowing of one or both of the pulmonary arteries. The pulmonary arteries take unoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs where it can then pick up oxygen again. It is typically a CHD...

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, CCTGA, Dilv, Hlhs, Millie Healey

Mills ― 24 Feb, 12

13. Cardiac Catheterisation

Millie ― Will be updated shortly.

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, CCTGA, Dilv, Glos, Hypo Plastic

Mills ― 24 Jan, 12

10. Home Life

Millie ― This is the best part. This is the part that so many people have been trying to get me to for the first 3 months of my life. So before I continue, I would like to thank them all from the bottom of my heart (with no pun intended.) From friends of...

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, CCTGA, Dilv, Hlhs, Hypoplastic Left Heart

Mills ― 9 Jan, 12

8. Media Exposure

Millie ― Before she was even born Millie started to receive media exposure. This was mainly because of the fundraising done on behalf of a charity called Little Hearts Matter who support families of children where a single ventricular heart defect has been...

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, CCTGA, Dilv, Hypoplastic, Millie Healey

Mills ― 9 Jan, 12

6b: Second Stage Surgery

Millie ― At some point in the not too distant future Millie will require her second stage surgery, commonly known as the “CP Shunt” or “Glenn Shunt”, or in some cases the “hemi-Fontan”, depending on what exactly has been...

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, CCTGA, Dilv, Hlhs, Hypoplastic

Mills ― 9 Jan, 12

6a. First Procedures

Millie ― The “Hybrid” Procedure Atrial Septostomy Atrial septostomy is a surgical procedure in which a small hole is created between the upper two chambers of the heart, the atria. The majority of atrial septostomies are performed on infants ...

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, CCTGA, Dilv, Hlhs, Hypoplastic

Mills ― 9 Jan, 12

5a. Fundraising for Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Millie ― Whilst I’ve been living here at BCH (as us “residents” like to call it), we thought we’d do a little something to say thank you for if not saving my life, then at least giving me a stay of execution so that I could go home ...

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, CCTGA, Cyanotic Univentricular Heart, Dilv, Hlhs

Mills ― 9 Jan, 12

2. The Problems

Millie ― At my mummy’s 20 week scan the doctors found out two things: 1: I’m a girl 2: I have a poorly heart. I have something called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). HLHS is an extremely rare congenital heart defect (CHD) in which the ...

Tags: Health, Aortic Arch, CCTGA, Cuh, Cyanotic Univentricular Heart, Dilv

Mills ― 9 Jan, 12

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