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Hi mummy, my baby underwent surgery to close his vsd in Apr at kkh, 3 mths post op now. Let me know if you need more information. How old is your baby?

Jiayou and be strong for your baby!

Icic...ur baby also vsd? Discovered during pregnancy? Let's pray and hope that everything will turn out well for our babies. They are fighters :)

Dr Jonathan is also the doctor my baby is seeing. We also seen Prof Tan twice initially but we switched to subsidized after that.

Which cardiac doc are you following up with?

Hi mummy, so long as he is drinking and growing well will be fine. Initially, i was also worried but my baby is just like a normal baby since birth. When he is younger, he will pant a bit while drinking milk so we let him take a break during feeding. As he gets bigger, he can drink all at one go...

My baby is 9.5 mths old now, 8.7kg. We also monitor him from birth till now and was hoping to self heal. He did not have any symptoms but from the echo scan, his valve is trying to close the hole which is not the right way. I can understand the feelings when the doctor told me my bb got a hole...

I do not know yet as the appt is on 6 apr. I will let you know after we meet him. For your boy case, the asd is not detected at birth and only discovered at 5 yo?

Hi, My baby has a vsd that is detected at birth and is currently following up with kkh cardiac. We will be meeting the surgeon to discuss on the surgery for his vsd repair as the doctor discovered that his heart valve is affected on the latest checkup in Mar. So, it is recommended to do surgery...

Yes, discharged after 1 week. On a positive note, recovery for kids with this type of surgery is good. Is heartbreaking to see them going thru but for the sake of being healthy in e long run, we just need to be strong. Can u update me if ur gal gg for surgery so that i can be prepared too?

Ya, i can understand the feelings too. For the 5 mths bb, he did his heart surgery in NUH by Dr Shankar, stayed in ICU and step down ward for 1 week before discharged.

Yes, the surgery went well for the 5 mths old bb and feedings ok after surgery. The boy is active and healthy now. Prof Tan did tell us that the surgery after care will be smoother than what we imagined and they just did a surgery for a 5kg bb recently too. If surgery is really needed, i guess...

Just curious, for ur gal case, detected at birth and no sign of closure till now? Since ur gal did not have any symptoms, surgery still required? If so, how u know when to go for surgery?

I am not sure too, i talked to 1 mummy which her bb undergone surgery at 5 mths for vsd closure. She said her child developed bronchitis and very poor feedings, so they decided to do the surgery. So, i think have to monitor the baby condition as he grows. If his health and development affected...

During the 2nd checkup, Prof Tan told us that surgery is likely to be required but will monitor first. The last checkup, Dr Jonathan said if the hole can close by itself then no need surgery so we asked him the period to monitor and he said will try to monitor till bb is 6 mths old. So far, my...