We are so very honored that Olivia was chosen to represent all of CT and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. We look forward to an amazing year and are excited to share our journey with everyone.
We are very grateful to our Children's Miracle Network Hospital, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, for saving Olivia's life. We were told by another hospital that Olivia's defects were incompatible with life when we were 19 weeks pregnant with her. That same day, our pediatrician put us in touch with Connecticut Children's and specifically, Felice, a cardiologist at Connecticut Children's. Felice told us "We fix these all the time". We will forever be grateful to Felice and Connecticut Children's for the hope they gave us that day.
Olivia's journey has not been easy by any stretch, but she is a fighter. She has had 3 heart surgeries, the first when she was just 40 hours old and most recently when she was 4. She was born without a spleen, her appendix was on the wrong side, her heart is on the right, and her intestines were in the wrong place (gut malrotation). They removed her appendix when repositioning her intestines when she was just 6 weeks old.
I have documented our Champion events thus far and will share them with you in the next few days.
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