Baby Bostyn is a triplet. She was born on September 23, 2018, with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. The left side of her heart never developed before birth. At 9 days old, she had her 1st open heart surgery and got bands on her pulmonary arteries. At 6 weeks old, she had her 2nd open heart surgery and underwent the Norwood procedure. Three days after the Norwood surgery, Bostyn had to return to the operating room for the 3rd time. 

She had developed a blood clot in the root of her aorta. There was a 1% chance of successful removal of the clot, and God saw her thru that 100%. The next day, the doctors discovered that Bostyn had developed a brain bleed, but there was no evidence of seizures or stroke. She spent an entire week on an ECMO machine (life support), with her chest left open, before she was strong enough to come off of it and get her chest closed. One week after that, she was able to get her chest tubes removed. Then, another week later, she got her breathing tube out. By this time, she was 10 weeks old and doing so well that they decided to give her a big girl bed instead of a baby crib. At 11 1/2 weeks old, Bostyn had her 4th surgery and received a G-tube in her stomach to help her with feeding. On December 18th, she had graduated from the PCICU and was moved to a regular room. They were prepping her to go home soon. 

On Christmas morning, Bostyn went into cardiac arrest. She received chest compressions for 30 minutes and was put back in the PCICU and back on ECMO. They did all kinds of tests on her to try to figure out why this happened, but they couldn't find any answers. On New Year's Eve, Bostyn did a clamp trial to see if she could come off of the ECMO machine, but her heart rate dropped into the 50s once again, after being off of the machine for only 1 hour. So, she remained on ECMO. 

Bostyn had developed a new brain bleed and was placed on the list for a heart transplant. On January 4th, Bostyn had a 5th heart surgery and received a permanent pacemaker. The pacemaker was put in place as a back up for her heart, in case she was to go into cardiac arrest again. Since January 4th, Bostyn has been doing very well. She is still facing at least 2 more open-heart surgeries, but she is definitely a fighter. This baby has defied all odds, so far, in her short life span. God has taken great care of her. He has got a special plan for this little girl, and I can't wait to see how He is going to use her.