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Hi everyone,
Thank you so much for taking the time to read our story. As you may know, we are expecting our first baby in February. We are so very excited and blessed to have the opportunity to become parents of our beautiful baby boy. Unfortunately, we need to ask for your help because our baby, Logan, has been diagnosed with an extremely severe congenital heart defect known as Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome. In short, Logan’s right side of his heart did not form properly. The right side of the heart is responsible for getting oxygen poor blood to the lungs so the blood can become reoxygenated and circulate to the body again.
After meeting with many cardiologists in both New Mexico and Colorado, it was decided that Logan will have to be delivered in Colorado where he will immediately have to undergo open heart surgery. The first of the three surgeries will occur within the first week of life for our baby Logan, the second will occur within 3 months of birth, and the third will be within three years of age. Two weeks prior to giving birth at Denver’s Children’s hospital,we will have to relocate to Denver to be near the hospital in case of an early labor. If all goes well with birth and the first surgery, we can expect to be there a minimum of 1 month to 2 months. Then we can come home and continue to monitor baby Logan’s heart, vitals, and eating habits; while visiting weekly with the cardiologists.
We will have to travel back to Denver for at least another month where our baby Logan will undergo his second surgery when he is three months old. If all goes well, will finally travel back to Denver at three years old for the third and hopefully final surgery.
Additionally, we found out on 11/18/2020 that on of Logan’s 3 main arteries that are used while he’s in the womb, is not experiencing proper blood flow. This can lead to him being smaller when born, or worst case scenario, Adryanna would have to be hospitalized for monitoring of Logan’s blood flow or having to deliver early so the lack of blood does not cause developmental delays. Unfortunately, we now have to attend a minimum of 2 ultrasounds a week and a cardiologists every other week.
We are asking that you kindly send many prayers. It is not easy for our family to post this Go Fund Me account, but any little bit will help with the mountain of medical bills, cost of relocating, etc. Although our family does have medical insurance, the insurance does not cover 100% of medical bills and any of the cost related to relocation we will face in the coming weeks and months.
We thank you for taking time to read this and for sending prayers our way. We graciously ask you to please post or share the link for this Go Fund Me as we would greatly appreciate it! God bless!
If you would like to know more, here is a link to an article regarding more information on Logan’s heart defect:
https://www.winchesterhospital.org/health-library/article?id=2013166626
-Tafoya Family
Thank you so much for taking the time to read our story. As you may know, we are expecting our first baby in February. We are so very excited and blessed to have the opportunity to become parents of our beautiful baby boy. Unfortunately, we need to ask for your help because our baby, Logan, has been diagnosed with an extremely severe congenital heart defect known as Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome. In short, Logan’s right side of his heart did not form properly. The right side of the heart is responsible for getting oxygen poor blood to the lungs so the blood can become reoxygenated and circulate to the body again.
After meeting with many cardiologists in both New Mexico and Colorado, it was decided that Logan will have to be delivered in Colorado where he will immediately have to undergo open heart surgery. The first of the three surgeries will occur within the first week of life for our baby Logan, the second will occur within 3 months of birth, and the third will be within three years of age. Two weeks prior to giving birth at Denver’s Children’s hospital,we will have to relocate to Denver to be near the hospital in case of an early labor. If all goes well with birth and the first surgery, we can expect to be there a minimum of 1 month to 2 months. Then we can come home and continue to monitor baby Logan’s heart, vitals, and eating habits; while visiting weekly with the cardiologists.
We will have to travel back to Denver for at least another month where our baby Logan will undergo his second surgery when he is three months old. If all goes well, will finally travel back to Denver at three years old for the third and hopefully final surgery.
Additionally, we found out on 11/18/2020 that on of Logan’s 3 main arteries that are used while he’s in the womb, is not experiencing proper blood flow. This can lead to him being smaller when born, or worst case scenario, Adryanna would have to be hospitalized for monitoring of Logan’s blood flow or having to deliver early so the lack of blood does not cause developmental delays. Unfortunately, we now have to attend a minimum of 2 ultrasounds a week and a cardiologists every other week.
We are asking that you kindly send many prayers. It is not easy for our family to post this Go Fund Me account, but any little bit will help with the mountain of medical bills, cost of relocating, etc. Although our family does have medical insurance, the insurance does not cover 100% of medical bills and any of the cost related to relocation we will face in the coming weeks and months.
We thank you for taking time to read this and for sending prayers our way. We graciously ask you to please post or share the link for this Go Fund Me as we would greatly appreciate it! God bless!
If you would like to know more, here is a link to an article regarding more information on Logan’s heart defect:
https://www.winchesterhospital.org/health-library/article?id=2013166626
-Tafoya Family