The heart has a loophole to save her life raincoat material to make up the "heart hole"
October 10, 2018
If most people have a hole in their heart, they will obviously face a fatal life. However, a "big hole" in the heart of Charlotte Litchfield, a baby girl in Croydon, England, saved her life!
Oxygenated blood in the lungs
Can't flow to the body
Current year 30
Katie Richfield, a 30-year-old husband, lives in London, England. Last year, after Katie was pregnant, she underwent a series of pregnancy tests. The doctor found that her fetus had no obvious deformities or defects.
Last November, her daughter Charlotte finally came to life. The baby girl weighed 3.43 kilograms and looks very healthy. However, in less than 24 hours, Katie and her husband Nick found that her daughter was obviously not normal. Katie recalled: "She can't drink milk properly, and we noticed that her skin began to turn blue."
The doctor immediately conducted an emergency check on the baby girl Charlotte. As a result, they were shocked to find that the two main blood vessels on the heart of Charlotte, the aorta and the pulmonary artery, turned upside down! This rare case is called "aortic dislocation", which means that oxygenated blood from the lungs cannot enter the aorta and therefore cannot be supplied to the vital organs of the body.
Heart hole
Rescuing a baby girl
However, the doctor later found that Charlotte, who had "aortic dislocation", should soon die from oxygen deficiency and could not survive for 24 hours. So why is she still alive? The medical scan found that there was a big loophole in the "heart wall" that divided the left and right ventricles of Charlotte. If this big hole appeared in the heart of ordinary people, it would immediately lead to life-threatening. But this big hole not only did not pose a danger to Charlotte's life, but caused the oxygenated blood in her lungs to leak into her aorta, thus miraculously saving her life! The miraculous survival probability of Charlotte is only one in a million!
6 hours surgery
Make up the "heart hole" with raincoat material
When Charlotte was born 10 days later, the surgeons performed a six-hour cardiac aortic transfer on Charlotte, allowing her body to flow properly through the heart. The surgeon then repaired the "big hole" on Charlotte's heart with a piece of material that was usually used to make a waterproof raincoat!
Spend 1 year birthday
Mother feels very lucky
Today, Charlotte has already passed his 1st birthday, and the doctor has checked that she has fully recovered her health. Katie said: "She is very healthy now, and has a strong appetite like other children."
