Amanda (Trista's Mom)
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- * Remodelaholic *
- *The Thrifty Home
- A Little Monkey Business
- Adventures in Decorating
- Amanda's Parties To Go
- anna and blue paperie
- aprilrose
- Bent, not broken
- Better After
- Beyond The Picket Fence
- Bring It On
- Bring The Rain
- brown paper packages
- Brownie Bites
- Calling All Angels
- Cavanagh Chronicle
- Centsational Girl
- chdbabies
- Chic and Lovely
- CoolKids
- Crafty Sisters
- Decorchick!
- Design-Aholic
- eighteen25
- Ethin's Heart Still Beats
- Gavin's Journey
- Girl. Inspired. {sewing, crafts, party inspiration}
- GOOD TIMES WITH LUCA...
- Home is Where My Story Begins
- Honey We're Home
- Hope for those going through infertility & infant loss, faith HopeInTheWaiting
- I Am Momma - Hear Me Roar
- I ♥ naptime
- IHeart Organizing
- It's Good to be Queen
- It's the little things that make a house a home...
- JOCELYN PEARL
- Just Sew Sassy
- Kelly's Korner
- Lauren's Heart: Hope~Love~Faith
- Leslie Joy Evans
- Lil' Luna - All Things Good
- Lilliana Faith
- Little Miss Momma
- Madi's Mended Heart
- Mammalicious Finds
- Marchese Family
- Mirabel Alice
- My Computer is My Canvas
- Our Little Man
- Our Sweet Baby Girl
- Party Ideas | Party Printables Blog
- pockets full of sunshine
- Praying for Andie Grace
- Room to Inspire
- Ryan's Story
- Scarlett's Heart Blog
- Schmidt Family blog
- Sisters' Stuff
- somewhat simple- DIY projects and creative ideas for your home and family
- Strength.Courage.Hope
- Tatertots and Jello
- The Autocrat
- The Carter Family
- The Hand Me Down House
- The Lawellin Family
- The Olson Family
- The Polkadot Chair
- The Ramer Bunch
- The Rubber Punkin
- Thrifty Decor Chick | Thrifty DIY, Decor and Organizing
- Thrive
- Triple Threat
- Trista Faith
- Under The Table and Dreaming
- Walking in Faith
- With a hopeful heart...
Introduction | Trista Faith DeBruler was born on February 27, 2009 at 9:19am. Trista weighed 4.13 at birth. Around 20 weeks gestation, we found out through numerous ultrasounds that Trista had a serious heart condition - diagnosis was Tetralogy of Fallot. We were told Trista required open heart surgery around 4-6 months of age. On February 27th, Trista Faith was born. She was really tiny, but perfect. We were only able to hold her briefly before they had to transport her by ambulance to Children's. She did fairly well the first 5 days..then she had her first TET spell. It was only a few more days until she had her next TET spell and it was severe. We almost lost her. The doctors called us at 12am and told us to come right away. That was the day we needed to make the hardest decision of our lives. Open heart surgery at 12 days and only 4 pounds. Even with all of the risks, we felt we had only one choice and that was to undergo the full repair. March 11th was the big day. We call it Trista's new heart's birthday. She did great. She was put on a heart and lung machine and required 6 blood transfusions. She was able to come home on her 1 month birthday! |
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