This is a picture of Josiah's heart. I thought I'd try to show everyone what we know about his little heart. I'll do my best to try and explain the picture. The three dark areas that you see are the three main chambers of his heart (a normal heart has four chambers). The top most black area is his right atrium, below it to the left is his right ventricle. The black area to the right is his left atrium. The bright white line in the middle is the wall between his right and left ventricle. Just to the right of that wall is a tiny black oval. That is his left ventricle. That is his major problem. That should be the same size as his right ventricle. The size that it is makes it useless to Josiah once he is born and they can do nothing to repair it or make it bigger. So they will rearrange other parts of his heart to work without his left ventricle.
This picture shows blood flow in Josiah's heart. All the red color on the left side is the blood in his right atrium and right ventricle. It should be the same on the left side (your right side). You can see a little blood flow in his left atrium (your right side) and there is a tiny bit of red below that in his left ventricle.
It's amazing to Milo and I to look at his heart and know that it can be fixed. We have both fallen in love with his little broken heart. I could watch his heart beat on the ultrasound for hours. I'm so grateful to see it every Tuesday!
Anonymous thanks so much for sharing.
best of luck.