Living with HALF A HEART : A Mother's Guide to Navigating Fontan Surgery

A practical handbook for parents and caregivers anticipating Fontan surgery for their newborn baby. In this book, Libby Andrew reveals her personal experience as the mother of a child on a journey to a Fontan circulation. Her son's cardiac malformation was detected during a 20-week ultrasound, giving her time to plan and prepare for three life-saving heart surgeries. The information and experience that Libby offers in this book provides hope and insight to families of babies with severe congenital heart defects, particularly Fontan babies.