Fixing TonyJrJr’s Unique Heart

As some of you know, at our 20 week appointment we found out that our son had some very serious heart defects. So serious that the doctor told Shelby that she should just terminate. Told us that it was unlikely that he survives birth. Then told us that even if he survived, our quality of life would be “really poor” dealing with the severity of all of this. Well, we relied on our faith, and God delivered us the most beautiful, loving, smiley faced, chunky little piece of heaven that anyone could ask for. He’s our little miracle Superman with quite a unique heart. See, his heart’s on the right side of his chest. And it’s flipped backwards. His heart didn’t make the 4 chambers like you and I have. There’s a big hole there. There’s no left side of his heart. His heart made a right side and a right side. But all his “plumbing” comes off of the true right side. His pulmonary artery closed about two weeks after birth which was the reason for his first open heart surgery. Well he now needs a complete reconstruct called a complete double ventricle repair done on his heart. I can’t even begin to describe the complexity of it, but it HAS to be done for him to continue being with us. There’s no way around it. We will have to relocate to Denver for 2-3 months on June the 13th in order for him to receive the surgery and the rehab care he needs to recover from this surgery. We know that each and every one of you have lives to live and families to care for. So we thank you so much for all of your help. Every little bit is a tremendous blessing. We love you all so much. *All donations will go for medical costs, lodging, meals and fuel for this journey.