I stopped at the hospital to hold that little one before I had to go into work. Mommy (Carissa) was a little concerned because he had not nursed for almost 6 hours but being a newborn, we thought maybe that was normal. As I placed him in his bassinet, to head off to work, I noticed his breathing was a little different than before but once again, probably not a big concern.
After I arrived at my office, my son (Chris) called and said things had started to change more drastically. Baby was breathing strangely, almost panting, his little chest was caving in from breathing so hard. Mommy and Daddy, very alarmed at this point, alerted the nurses. Little Hunter was taken to the nursery where he had test, after test, poked, proded, nurses, doctors, machines.....what was happening to this precious little one? All of this was happening as this very anxious Grandma was about 40 miles away....No one seemed to know what was wrong, but something was not right with his heart. Specialists were called in and it was decided he needed to be transported to the NICU(Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) at St. Vincent Women's Hospital in Indianapolis, right next door to my office building. I can't describe the pain, the uncertainty, the fear that I experienced as I sat for over an hour, by myself waiting in the parking lot for that Pediatric Transport and my family to make it's way to STV.
Within the first hour of arriving at STV, we had a diagnosis. He was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). The left side of Hunter's heart did not develop. How on earth can your seemingly perfect world suddenly be shattered by something so horrific? We all sat stunned and did not know what was going to happen next........
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