Repairing a Broken Heart...What a Gift: Aaron Pratt's story

Mon, Jan 30th 2012, 02:30 PM

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Nassau, Bahamas - Aaron Pratt is a 9 year old, heart patient. He
had heart surgery 6 months after he was born. His grandmother originally
noticed that he was having difficulty breathing. Subsequently he was taken to a
private doctor for care. Ms.
Brown, Aaron's mother, was told that Aaron appeared to have a heart condition
and to prepare to have Aaron
admitted to PMH. The doctor also referred
Aaron's case to Dr. Jerome Lightbourne, pediatric cardiologist at PMH. Dr.
Lightbourne later told Ms. Brown that Aaron had septal defects; holes in his
heart and needed urgent surgery.
In fact, Aaron had holes in the upper and lower chambers of his heart;
He had both ASD and VSD i.e. atrial and ventricular septal defect. Because of
Aaron's small size he had to be given medication to help him grow before he
could have a surgery....

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