Early this week, Steve Catoe, the oldest person with Natalie's same heart condition passed away at age 43. His half the heart finally gave out. I wrote about him and his blog, Adventures of a Funky Heart, about a month ago. I just got to know who he was and learned so much from him in the short amount of time. He was a great source of knowledge for me and other heart moms.
I am encouraged by Steve's life and inspired by him. To live to be 43 years old, is amazing! When we first got diagnosis, the doctors told us, Natalie would not live a normal life expectency. I think 43 years old, is pretty good if not awesome! Larry and I always had the fear of 20 or 30, but 43 is incredible. I am also encouraged by the medical system, 10 or 15 years ago, babies did not have a very good success rate with tricuspid atreisa. Natalie is only 16 months old, but the time she is 40 years old, look at all the medical improvement they will have made.
Steve~You will be missed, but your story will live on forever...
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