Quotations: His Sacred Intent
An Interview with Emily: Her Heart Story
We hope you'll be encouraged by this interview with Emily, Bloom! Photographer and Designer, about her heart surgery years ago and how the Lord has been using that in her life.
Tell us a bit about your heart issue.
I was born with TAPVR (Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return). The pulmonary vein that should have taken oxygen from my lungs and sent it through my heart to the rest of my body was connected to the wrong side of my heart. Therefore, I could not oxygenate my body at all. Within a few minutes of my birth I started turning blue. I was quickly flown to Dallas Children’s Hospital where I had open heart surgery at barely a day old.
So you had heart surgery. You were a baby and won't remember it, but what have your parents told you about it?
I have heard the story so many times that it seems like I do remember it. So, what exactly did having surgery do? The surgery snipped the vein and reconnected it to the right side of the heart. The incision was patched with a portion …
Tell us a bit about your heart issue.
I was born with TAPVR (Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return). The pulmonary vein that should have taken oxygen from my lungs and sent it through my heart to the rest of my body was connected to the wrong side of my heart. Therefore, I could not oxygenate my body at all. Within a few minutes of my birth I started turning blue. I was quickly flown to Dallas Children’s Hospital where I had open heart surgery at barely a day old.
So you had heart surgery. You were a baby and won't remember it, but what have your parents told you about it?
I have heard the story so many times that it seems like I do remember it. So, what exactly did having surgery do? The surgery snipped the vein and reconnected it to the right side of the heart. The incision was patched with a portion …
Thanks for sharing that! Your blog is very encouraging to me. I heard about Leslie Ludy from this blog and she has become my favorite author. Keep up the good work! God bless!
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I too was introduced to the Ludy ministry through Bloom- and Leslie Ludy is currently my favorite author! I've seen God use Bloom both to grow my own spiritual life immensely, and the lives of others.
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~Sunshine
Thank you so much for sharing that quote. It was something I certainly needed to be reminded about, and came at just the right time. Thank you for your encouraging posts!
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