Shawn, Becky & Jayden Lovold

Sweet Miss Jayden has had a rocky start coming into the world. To begin , while in the womb she was diagnosed with  aortic stenosis. Becky and Shawn were sent to Mayo Clinic and Becky was induced on July 9th, after seeing Jayden's heart rate declining, Jayden came 3 weeks early on July 10th at 12:42 am via c-section weighing only 4.8# and 16.3 inches. While the first few days were uncomplicated,  Jayden had a surgery that required a catheter be put into her neck and a balloon inflated to help stretch her left ventricle hoping it would help the blood flow properly. This was a successful procedure and Jayden quickly healed and was able to be discharged from NICU and sent home on July 18th. She enjoyed 10 days at home with her Mom & Dad, however on Saturday July 28th about 8pm, Becky noticed Jayden was not breathing properly and her feedings were not normal, so they hurried to the Sanford ER. Mayo Clinic was called and they immediately sent a plane to transport  Becky & Jayden back to Dr. Said and his fabulous  team. By the time Shawn arrived in Rochester they were told to "except the worse,  she is a very sick little girl", Jayden was in surgery by 10am & it was quickly learned Jayden needed open heart surgery as she was nearly in complete cardiac arrest. Dr. Said and his team tried to get her left ventricle to work, but were only able to get it to 20% capacity.  She has been placed on ECMO machine (life support for both heart and lungs). At this point she is trying very hard to get strong enough to allow the machine to be dialed down but her little heart is struggling and tomorrow, 08/10/2018, Dr. Said is opening her chest & will attempt to give Jayden a temporary left ventricle. There is a chance Jayden might require a pacemaker as a result of this surgery. Dr. Said is trying to by-time so that when Jayden is big enough, most likely around a year, she will have another open heart surgery that entails a replacement of that poorly functioning ventricle to be replaced, a Ross procedure. Jayden is working hard to grow and heal and she needs her Mommy & Daddy there to help her. At this time, we are asking you to help Shawn, Becky and Jayden by donating.