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>> STOSH'S MOTHER, KATRINA, LEARNED HER BABY HAD
A SINGLE VENTRICLE DEFECT JUST 16 WEEKS INTO HER PREGNANCY.
>> CARE FOR OUR PATIENT WITH SINGLE VENTRICLE TYPE
OF HEART DISEASE BEGINS AT THE MOMENT OF DIAGNOSIS.
AND TODAY THAT'S AS A FETUS.
AND THE CARE STRATEGY STARTS EXACTLY AT THAT POINT
IN TIME, AS EARLY AS 16 OR 18 OR 20 WEEKS' GESTATION.
>> THEY START PREPPING YOU FROM THE MINUTE YOU WALK
IN THE DOOR, YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT.
THEY KIND OF LAY IT ALL OUT, THE PLAN.
BUT THEY KEEP YOU IN THE MOMENT,
WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL.
THEY DON'T LET YOU GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF YOURSELF.
SO YOU KNOW IT'S COMING, BUT EMOTIONALLY YOU STAY
CONNECTED TO THE SPOT THAT YOU'RE IN WITH YOUR CHILD,
AND THAT HELPS.
>> THE DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRASOUNDS IN A PARTICULAR
FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY HAS REVOLUTIONIZED AND CHANGED
THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE OF HOW WE DIAGNOSE SINGLE VENTRICLE
TYPE OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE.
>> THE IMAGING QUALITY IS JUST AMAZING,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THE HEART IS CONSTANTLY BEATING AND IT'S CONSTANTLY MOVING.
SOME OF THESE HEARTS, THEY'RE AS SMALL
AS A HUMMINGBIRD IT SEEMS LIKE.
THAT PEOPLE CAN CAPTURE NOT ONLY THE DELICATE ANATOMY
OF THE HEART, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO GIVE US VALUABLE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHYSIOLOGY IS SOMETHING
THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO US.
>> AND THEY WOULD GO THROUGH IT EVERY WEEK.
AND IF THERE WERE ANY CHANGES,
THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT HAD HAPPENED
AND HOW THEY WOULD DEAL WITH THAT.
AND AS SCARY AS IT WAS, AT LEAST WE WERE MENTALLY
READY FOR WHEN IT HAPPENED.
>> AT THE TIME OF BIRTH WHEN THERE STILL WILL BE SOME
STRESS, IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT DEGREE THAN WHAT IT WOULD'VE
OTHERWISE BEEN.
THEY'LL BE MORE PREPARED AND MORE EDUCATED ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING TO BE HAPPENING TO THE BABY AFTER BIRTH.
>> FOR THE PARENTS OF A CHILD THAT IS GOING TO HAVE
THAT SURGERY, IF THEY KNOW ABOUT IT BEFORE THE CHILD
IS BORN, AGAIN, THE SITUATION WOULD BE
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.