Holes do not belong in baby hearts

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I’ve been having anxiety about the defects that “should close on their own” that Poppy’s cardiologist found on her first echocardiogram. Mama instinct. That nagging feeling inside, like hunger, but worse – deeper inside. So I asked for a follow up appointment one year early. She was due back at 2 years old, but with …

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