My baby is 13 💗 
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Your baby looks like a powerful teenager beast! Congrats to him and to you! 💜🫂🥳🍀
Congratulations and blessings!! 🙏
That’s so wonderful! Big kid 💪🏻
I was told that too when I had my first open heart surgery at 3. I played sports growing up and kept up with or was one of the fastest! I'm glad your son is doing well 💜💜💜💜 Happy birthday, my man!
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Battle tested at such a young age. Good looking kid.
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Doctors (should) know the statistics, which does not tell your outcome. Indeed, doctors should emphasise that more often.
Also, doctors are forced to tell all the possible outcomes (even the rare ones). All together, it often gives the wrong impression/transference/emphasise to patients.
Listening to some colleagues, I sometimes have the feeling that they are actually induce a negative outcome.
Nevertheless, great to hear your story and all the best!!! ❤️
Proud mom and beautiful child. You two look lovely
He will be stronger than most kids in his age group. Experience like this make people stronger:)
Congrats 👏🏼
If you don’t mind me asking, what was his condition at birth?
I’m currently at home with my one-month old (Noah) who has several serious congenital heart defects (Hypo-plastic Right Heart / Pulmonary Atresia) and a very similar outlook to what you described. It’s very encouraging to see your kiddo’s story! 
Rob, I’m so sorry to hear about your adorable boy and I’m so happy you were encouraged. My son had a large type I VSD. We were told starting from the time he was 3 days old that he would need surgery imminently, but he continued to defy the odds and had no issues nursing and didn’t need medication. At 6 he started exhibiting an enlarged heart and some lung issues so surgery was necessary.
My advice for you is to do as much of your own research as possible on your son’s condition and find a surgeon who has performed the highest number of successful surgeries that your son needs. A surgeon’s pedigree is not as important as his skill.
Prayers to your family and that beautiful boy of yours.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate all of it, and I’m so happy for you and your boy. You’re both incredibly strong! 💙
I’m extremely fortunate that my wife is a physician and has been researching the hell out of everything. She’s pointing us in the right direction, along with the heart team here in Columbus.
We may end up going to Boston Children’s for a bi-ventricular heart repair IF Noah is a candidate (as he grows). Fingers and toes are crossed for that since the alternate path is two open heart surgeries before the age of 4.
Here’s another pic because I’m quickly learning I just can’t help myself. 😀 
Congrats to him!!! So beautiful to see him shine 💪🏽
Wish you and your family all the best, health and luck 🍀
Wow happy birthday to your son 🎂 They grow up way too quickly 💜⚡️
Parenting is a roller coaster. Our oldest daughter had two major spinal surgeries for severe scoliosis at 13. She swam on the varsity swim team and is now in Med. school headed towards a decentralized medicine practice. Western medicine has its place but for the most part…
Centralized medicine = Shitcoin.