One More Miracle Please

One More Miracle Please

Jeromy’s birth, brought many changes to our lives. Within seconds of his birth, the doctors and nurses discovered he had a heart defect, Super ventricular Tachacardia, with not one but two Ventricular Skeptical Defects. All this news brought shock, fear, and guilt. I felt guilty, because I had been told that I had had Un-diagnoses Gestational Diabetes during pregnancy, which caused Jeromy’s heart defects. During the first three weeks of his life, which were spent in hospital, a lot of my priorities changed. Nothing mattered more at that point than to bring him home. I found hospital difficult.

I drove the forty-five mile trip to the hospital every day, staying with Jeromy till it was time for me to leave and return home for the evening. Still getting over the physical weakness of childbirth, I could not bring myself to drive home at night. Family members took turns driving me home. I would have given my life for Jeromy to be safe and well. I knew my s...