A Mother’s Love

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

On November 11, 1996 I gave birth to my handsome son, Delmar Davis (DJ).  After 12 hours of trying to be induced, the doctors grew concern that with each contraction, Delmar’s heart beat began to fade.  The decision was made to perform a C-section at 11:00pm.  Delmar was born at 11:11pm.  When he was born I only heard one short cry and saw the nurses take away a blue baby.  I began to panic and the doctors were able to put me to sleep before I got too carried away.  I woke up the next morning with a doctor in my room waiting to talk to me.  He informed me that my son was born with a heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot.  I did not understand what that meant so I asked, “Will he die?”  I was told that he would need surgery between the ages of 3 and 6 months in order to survive.

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