At twenty-four weeks gestation George was diagnosed with heart failure caused by supraventricular tachycardia, an extremely rare phenomenon. During the next four weeks of his life we tried, with oral cardiac medications and intracardiac injections, to slow his heart rate down. Sadly nothing we tried worked and we eventually had to make the decision to stop treatment. A week after we made that decision I developed Mirror Syndrome, which was a direct result of his condition, and had to have an emergency c-section to protect my own life. He was born at twenty-nine weeks gestation on March 31, 2010 and died a mere twenty-four minutes later.
I wish I could say something more about him other than the facts surrounding his death but I know so very little about him. I know he had his father's mouth and his mother's nose and that he fit perfectly in my arms but beyond that he is a mystery to me. I guess ultimately that is why I continue to write here; to put a third dimension to my phantom son.
George, our Rainmaker.
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