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So fragile, yet such a strong will...(Guest post by Aunt Andrea)
I met Mateo the day after he was born, as soon as I saw him I was immediately in love. I noticed he looked long and skinny, his little...

Anita Diaz
Sep 16, 20192 min read
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Life on the farm
Mateo has enjoyed every minute of being home. From sunsets, to stroller walks down the parkway, to karaoke, reading time and family time,...

Anita Diaz
Sep 13, 20191 min read
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Unexpected Open Heart Surgery
We were home for two months, then on July 3rd we returned to SickKids for Mateo to have another diagnostic Heart Catheterization to see...

Anita Diaz
Sep 13, 20192 min read
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Home Coming!
Coming home was both exciting and nerve wracking. We had been at the hospital for 9 months and had never brought our baby home. We were...

Anita Diaz
Sep 13, 20191 min read
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Your baby is on life support (ECMO)
Mateo went into open-heart surgery at 9:15 am. The surgery was 11 hours long. As we waited we made a scrapbook and enjoyed hundreds of...

Anita Diaz
Sep 3, 20192 min read
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Code Blue
Soon after the New Year on January 4th Mateo became very ill and ended up having a code blue called on him. This was earth shattering, as...

Anita Diaz
Sep 3, 20192 min read
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3 surgeries in 3 months
Mateo had a bronchoscopy done when he was just two days old were they found that 80 percent of his airway was occluded by excess...

Anita Diaz
Sep 3, 20192 min read
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Emergency c section
The morning came and we walked over to mount Sinai to get induced. I was hoping to have a natural delivery, as I had read many books and...

Anita Diaz
Aug 20, 20191 min read
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Your baby has a congenital heart condition
Kyle and I went for our 20-week ultrasound excited to find out if we were having a boy or a girl. We found out that we were having a baby...

Anita Diaz
Aug 20, 20193 min read
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