#127 a heart that wont quit

The baby gets rushed to the hospital. She struggles to breath as she is in the ambulance with tubes hanging off of her and people grabbing at her. She's only two days old and they don't think that she will survive. When she gets to the hospital she gets ran to the operation room and prepared for surgery. She doesn't cry or struggle, she just lays there watching all of the big people in masks and gloves run around. Her parents are in the waiting room crying concerned of their new baby's life. The nurse comes out and tells them that there baby has a valve in her heart that does not work and they need to replace it with a shunt right away. They are shocked but don't waste anytime in agreeing. Stunned from the news they sit in the old blue stained chairs in the waiting room with tears running down there cheeks. Back in the operation room the baby is now on IVs and unconscious and the surgeon makes the first cut in her chest. More commotion and concern happens as the surgery goes on. The shunt is in place and they stitch the skin back together slowly and carefully. The baby turns back to her normal color and is breathing. The surgeon places a cold metal stethoscope on her to listen to what he hopes to be a healthy heart beat. All of the nurses gather around awaiting for his response...He smiles. He hears a healthy swishy heart beat inside of her. He cant believe how strong this child was and that she never let go. For the rest of her life every 6 months that  she goes to see him to get a check up he reminds her that she is a living miracle. She has a heart that won't quit.