Living with Half a Heart - A Mother's Guide to Navigating Fontan Surgery by Libby Andrew

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.

Audience: Parents
Format:  Paperback
Language:  English
Date published:  2019
Publisher: Ultimate World Publishing
Country of publication: Australia