May 27th, 2012 | The News
It was unexpected, I learned that I am pregnant.
I don’t know how I will feel. Part of me was very happy about it but part of me is quite uncertain because we will be raising another child. Are we ready for it? That’s the big question. A day has passed and quickly all our worries turned to joy and excitement because we will have a new family member soon!
September 28th, 2012 | Baby Boy!
Fast forward 24 weeks, we learned that I am having a boy! Much to our surprise, this is the boy who will complete our family! The princesses have long wished for a prince to come along and now here he is. I cannot imagine the happiness that my husband, my daughters and I felt that day. I told the world about my baby and became very proud that I will be holding him in my arms in the next few weeks.
December 5th, 2012 | 4lbs 12oz
He is now 33 weeks and 5 days. Just a few more days and we will be able to finally hug him. Oh, I can’t wait for the day to come. The girls and I shopped for supplies and baby clothes. That evening, I was also brought to the pre-labor room due to pre-term labor. Good thing, he was able to calm down and we were sent home. Another bout of pre-term labor happened the week after but with the help of medicines, he was saved once more.
December 27th, 2012 | This is it!
He is now 36 weeks and 6 days. Today is my regular check with my OB-Gyne but I have already been having a series of contractions since the 26th. We did not go straight to the hospital. My husband came home from Singapore to spend Christmas with us so we had lunch together and we happily enjoyed our post-Christmas meal as a family. It was a fine day and we were all happy.
After lunch, we went to visit my OB-Gyne for my weekly check. I was told that I am fully effaced and dilated at 2cm and that I have to stay at the hospital. Since I will be having a repeat C-section, my doctor immediately scheduled an operation to avoid rupture of the uterine wall. I got excited! My husband went home to get some stuffs and I went straight to the Labor Room for preparation.
December 27th, 2012 @ 5:33 PM, Alphonse is out. But I can barely hear him cry. He cried once, it stopped, he cried again and he stopped. I got worried. I can hear the doctors and nurses saying he’s having a lot of secretions and I keep asking myself why he is not crying but it went away the moment i saw him trying to latch. It was a very warm experience. My baby boy is finally with us.
Upon recovery, I saw my husband and the girls. They are full of joy.
Later that evening, I got a call from the Pediatrician, she said my baby has murmurs in his heart and it needs to be checked first before they send him to my room. It got me a bit worried but due to medicines, I didn’t get to think about it much. I just felt like sleeping and recovering my energy so I can finally cuddle him in the morning.
December 28th, 2012 | The Shocking News
Early morning, I got a visit from my anesthesiologist, my OB-Gyne and the Pediatrician. They went straight to inform me about the bad news. My baby has a hole in his heart chambers and that it needs to be checked by a Pedia Cardiologist. It was such a devastating news. What did my baby do to deserve such an illness? He is so tiny and fragile and he had just arrived in our lives. I kept on crying and I can’t bring myself to stop. It is so heartbreaking.
The next doctor who came into my room was the Pedia Cardiologist and he confirmed the illness of my son. He has Tetralogy of Fallot. He further explained that there is a hole between his bottom heart chambers causing him to lack enough oxygen supply to his lungs. It was the reason why he wasn’t crying. It was as if my son understands that the further he cries, the more stressful it will be for his heart.
The doctor was very kind and told us that even though it happened to him at this stage, this illness is curable by surgery. Yes, my little boy will have to undergo an open heart surgery to survive this illness. He needs to have it at 6 weeks old, the earliest but no more than 3 months or he will not make it. He told us how much the surgery will cost and what do we need to prepare. We will need roughly $12,500 for the surgery alone. It was another shocking news but deep in our hearts, we knew there is hope. We are not wealthy and we need to get that amount in a month so we can schedule our baby’s surgery and free him from this very stressful and scary condition.
Our family should’ve been the happiest today but this situation brought us tears and worry for our little prince. Every single day, he is trying his best. You will never hear him cry. He cannot even feed a straight 1 oz of milk because it puts stress to his heart. He needs to rest in between small feedings. I cannot breastfeed him because he is not comfortable so I had to pump regularly and give it to him using a feeding bottle. He is fighting and as a family, we want to fight with him.
We need help
YES, we do. We need to raise money to finance his surgery and we only have a month to do it. My husband is doing his best with his job and I want to contribute as well. I am a digital scrapbook designer and a blog designer. I am humbly knocking at your doors and offering my products and services so we can get the amount needed on time.
I have a digital scrapbook store at Pixels & Company and my blog design website is My Creative Zone.
My digital products are slowly being loaded to my store and there will be $1 kits available through the rest of January. If you are a digital scrapper or hybrid artist, your purchases this month will be greatly appreciated.
If you need blog make over or a new blog design, I can do it for you as well. Please check out My Creative Zone for all the graphic services I am offering as well as the rates. If you are interested, you may place your order through HERE.
{updated} Some people have sent me messages and want to send pledges straight to our account. We can never thank you all enough. If, by any chance you want to send it straight to us, my paypal address is admin@myedeleon.com
Thank you for spending some time reading this post and for thinking about my boy and our family. May you and your family be blessed this 2013.
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Best of luck. I’m praying for Alphonse and your family every night.
Praying for your baby and for the whole family Mye. Just keep the faith.
My heart goes out to you and your family. I’ll be thinking of him.
I am keeping your, your family and your precious little Alphonse in my prayers. I tried to help spread the word and hope and pray you get the money needed for his surgery. Blessings and peace.
My heart and prayer goes out to you and your family, Mye. Stay strong and be Faith!! Hugs…
Heart surgery is scary, but God gave this to you for a reason, not as a punishment, but as a gift. On the hard days, sometimes this will be difficult to grasp, but have faith, God is good.
I am not just saying this because I have great faith and trust in God, but because I have two children with special needs, one has had two open heart surgeries and a third scheduled for this summer. I have seen my oldest child, whom all the doctors told me not to expect too much from, reach heights I probably wouldn’t have expected from a teenager without a disability. So, listen to the doctors, but also, listen to your heart…Love your child, love him hard, love him soft, and love him through it all…{{Hugs}}
So sorry to hear about your little guy. God is gracious and honors all prayers. I am praying for him and your family. I shopped my little heart out at your store. It isn’t much but I will always think of your little boy when I am using those kits and smears. God bless you.
Got something from Pixels & Company. I hope it could help even just a little. I’ll pray for little Alphonse.
I read about your darling little boy and his early troubles. I just contributed a little something to you. Medical bills can be so overwhelming. May you and your family overcome this bump in the road, and my hopes and wishes for baby Alphonse to be a happy, healthy baby soon!
i just sent small amount to your pay.pal for your little prince… hugs & prayers …
My heart goes out to you – we will be praying!
My thoughts and prayers are with you, Mye! As a mother of 4, I can only imagine how frightening such an ordeal would be. Would love to know how you are doing, how close you are to funding the surgery, etc. I am about to go check out some digi goodies & I always love your stuff so I have no doubt I will find a few things I can’t do without.
My thoughts are with you. I’ve made a donation at PayPal. It’s not much, but hopefully will help. Best of luck to you, your family and most of all, Alphonse.
Sending virtual hugs to you and your little one. (sent something to help with a well). Prayers, Marie
Praying for you son <3
Where are you from? I am a public health nurse, maybe I can help you find funding for your little one!
Hi- I received your post through a friend and I am so sad to hear. My daughter has surgery at 7 months 1 week old to correct a premature closure of the sutures in her head (craniosynostosis). It was a correctible surgery and had to be done. Here we are 6 years later and she is a happy, healthy and beautiful little (big) girl enjoying her kindergarten year at school! As I braided her hair today, I am always mindful to hide the scar but I also don’t mind the reminder of what she and we went through and how strong she is. She just doesn’t no how strong she was! You will get through th is and remember that no matter how hard it is to hand him over to the surgeons, you are doing what HAS to be done and FOR him. I truly believe doctors are miracle workers!!! Best to you and your family, my thoughts are with you!
Congrats on your beautiful baby boy! I’ve spread the word about your need and we are sending prayers your way… and of course doing some shopping:) May God bring you peace through this ordeal and Bless you with a fabulous outcome – Hugs!
Oh goodness I am so sorry to read this, I just saw a post about your darling baby boy, Financially right now I am unable to help you BUT I will post this on my Forum asap, My husband and I lost our only daughter on Oct 17th 2012 (she was 27 years old) It has completely devestated us. It was unexpected. Please know my heart and my prayers are with you
christy
Just got here via digitalscrapbookingstudio and read your story. Now popping over to Pixels & Co and browsing your designs. How could I not buy ‘A Mother’s Heart’, on top of the other lovely products of yours that called my personal digital muse’s name? I hope that you’ll meet your fundraising goal as soon as is feasible for the surgery to take place, and pray that healing and blessing will also be poured out on your family. Love from all the way over the ocean (South Korea); Judy
I am not a designer, but I do a lot of digital scrapbooking. I read about your baby through Digital scrapbooking Studio. I have a granddaughter who is 5 months old and is the light of our lives. I can’t even imagine what we do if she was in the same circumstance as your little Alphonse. I can’t imagine the pain you and your family are going through. I am a pharmacist that has worked in hospitals for 20 years and the surgeries they do on kids these days are amazing and are very successful. Your baby is beautiful and I am sure that he will soon be healed. I sent a donation through paypal and my prayers will be with you and your family.
So sorry to hear about little Alphonse. He and your family are in my prayers. I am headed to the shop to buy the special collab. Keep strong.
I’ll put your and your baby on my prayer list…So fantastic he is safely here even though he has another hurdle. You’ll get through it, because you do…and i will add my prayers to many of the prayers here.
Father God,
You know each and every one of us inside and out. I pray for Mye and her husband and their family; esp. this little prince. I pray you will heal him, help them through this, and i pray that all will go well so they can quickly pay for the surgery. I pray you will meet their needs, and that you will bless them with joy in the midst of understandably being scared, and wanting all to go well. I pray for strength and wisdom of the docs, and that you will bring your special presence to this situation. I speak peace to Mye and her Husband, and that they will know you are with them and that there are many of us pulling for them here.
AMEN
I have a lot of thinking for you and your little guy, and all your family
as I mention in our PM mommy i know the feeling..ako after 5days thats when I learn about the murmur sa heart ni Iris..yeah..it was really heartbreaking especially that I am alone – singlemom here
and i was having an issue with my “sperm donor” ;P parang hindi ko alam ang gagawin..all I know is I have to be strong kasi ako lang meron si Iris. Pero yung sa baby ko naman na case Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) and there is chance that the hole will eventually gone as she grow up. But during our Annual check up when she turns two..bad news kasi instead na magheal ito..mas worse..there is leak na in her valve and need surgery..good thing hindi naman urgent..the pedia cardio just told us that Iris should undergo the heart surgery before she turns 3..max is wag na paabutin ng 2014 or else her condition will worsen.
So i know the feeling..don’t wory mommy mye GOD will provide Alphonse need. GOD bless to your family. kaya natin to!
Your story is so heart breaking and it’s not easy to hear that from your doctors that your sweet newborn has to undergo surgery. I can empathise with you since my son also had a small murmur and thank goodness it has closed after a year. I cannot imagine what you have to undergo but be brave. My prayers for little Alphonse and to your family. God Bless!
I will be praying for you and your family. Having a heart baby is struggle and a blessing that you will never wish away. Our heart baby changed us and grew us in ways we never could have expected. Enjoy every minute you have with your prince. Each is a gift from God!
I too was born with tetralogy of fallot, i had an open heart surgery when i was 11 yrs old, i’m now 30yrs old married and now also a mom. I just want to say that do not lose hope, your son is a strong fighter and he will get through this and will live a happy and healthy normal life, i will pray for his recovery every day.
Don’t lose hope, be strong and keep on praying. We will also pray for your son. God is powerful and almighty. Sending a little help. God bless!
My prayers are with you. Even though I can’t spend much, I did get an add-on kit. Your story brings back such memories. In the summer of 1976, my twins were born early. One of them was in a coma for 5 days before we could bring him home. It took us years to pay it all off and I do NOT want you to have to face such a financial ordeal. Our little twin didn’t just wake up from his coma, he became a staff sergeant in the USMC and a poet.
Hi Mye! How is baby Alphonse doing? I hope he’s getting better. Sending blessings and positive energy your way. *Hugs*