Walking With Families Podcast |Hope & Inspiration |Weekly Interviews With Families & People Involved With Helping Critically Ill and Injured Children.

26: Annie Garman - Discovering Your Daughter Has Hypo Plastic Right Syndrome While Living In Iceland.


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Annie talks about finding out that her unborn daughter was going to have congenital heart disease while her and her family were living in Iceland.

She talks about having to return home after learning about her daughter's heart defect.

Also, She talks about her emotions after learning about the heart defect.

Annie talks about how her daughter had surgery to repair her heart 9 days after she was born and how the surgery lasted for almost 9 hours.

Plus, Annie she talks about her emotions in the hospital while her daughter went through her 3 heart surgeries.

In addition, she describes how the stress affected their marriage.

How her daughter's heart surgeries affected her other two daughters who were ages 4 and 6.

Moreover, she talks about how journaling helped her process her thoughts and emotions during this challenging time.

She also talks about how her documenting her family's experience with her daughter led to her publishing a book called. "Unexpected Grace When Your Child Is Born With Half A Heart".

Finally, she shares insights on how her and her husband dealt with post-traumatic stress.

Join us as Annie shares her story!

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Walking With Families Podcast |Hope & Inspiration |Weekly Interviews With Families & People Involved With Helping Critically Ill and Injured Children.By Rita Ralston, Kelly Blumenthal, Charles George