Three days after Molly Ledoux was born at 5 pounds, her parents found out she had Tetralogy of Fallot, a rare heart condition presented at birth. Molly was Jade Ledoux’s fourth child, and second caesarean birth. No one else in her family had a heart condition.
“Everything was foreign,” Jade said. “We were in shock for a while.”
Two days later, because Molly had enough oxygen being pumped through her heart, she was sent home with a list of symptoms for her parents to look out for until she weighed 10 pounds, large enough for permanent heart surgery. When they got home, “Molly started to tank,” her mother said. …