my cardiologist wrote an article...I was in the NY Times =)

[JennNIN]

My cardiologist who I love to pieces asked my permission to write an article regarding me having ppcm and whatnot. I said fine and never heard anything else.

I went to his office yesterday and he told me I was in the times on March 15th! Thanks for tellin me!!

Anyhow, I found it online and saved it as a pdf. You can find it here if you'd like to read it.

http://www.jennnin.com/share/sandeepjauhar.pdf

He really is such a nice doctor. Anyone in the Long Island NY area near LIJ Hospital...I would strongly recommend him. He's positive, informed and a heart failure specialist. He's also got a NP that works with him and an office staff that are awesome too. They are wonderful. =)

[LaReine]

WOW! I have to say that reading the article brought a tear to my eye. What a wonderful doctor you have! Something extra special for the baby book!

[JennNIN]

definitely going in the baby book. He is really a great doctor.

=)

[Lisa V]

Wow, what a very nice story...................You Dr. does sound amazing and very caring. Thanks for sharing. I am just curious to know if you still feel the same way about not having any more children now that you are here and recovering?

[dawn]

Wow! A celebrity among us. ;)

It's great that you love your doc. I think that is so important in the healing process. I felt the same about mine. I even developed some sort of strange crush on him, even though he's a grandfather. You know, somethin' about saving my life, I guess.

[JennNIN]

My EF is 38%, (up from 15%) and I'm going to be 32 this year. The way I see it I would rather be a mom to my daughter rather than risk my life and the life of an unborn child by getting pregnant again. To me, it's not a very hard decision. It will not lie, I look at my baby and see how fast she's growing and sometimes long for another, but I will not do it. I would much rather increase my chances of living and be there for my baby and husband rather than tempt fate a second time. I feel I dodged a bullet with them finding my ppcm before I had the baby. I know in a subsequent pregnancy I would be monitored but what if I were to get almost halfway through the pregnancy and something were to happen, or even at the beginning of the pregnancy? Would they tell me to terminate my child's sibling after I deliberately conceived him or her to save my own life? I don't want to be put in that position, I don't think I could live with myself after something like that. This is just me though. I have a fear of leaving my poor husband with 2 small children or worse yet, losing me and his unborn child, or losing his unborn child to save me. I just cannot do it.

I've rambled on long enough.

[SusanD]

WOW, Jen..............he sounds like an AMAZING Dr ! Tell him THANKS...from all of us.

[carrob]

What an amazing article....and a Super Doctor!!!! See, they really do care under that tough exterior. Thanks for sharing.

[SarahsMom]

Jen,

I cried too! Gosh, it's so touching to hear the thoughts of a Doctor...they sometimes seem very aloof and matter of fact....it's nice to know that deep down they care and that our condition is one that weighs on them so heavily as they can all relate having a wife and children!!!

Thanks for sharing!!!

Kari

[momoftwoboys]

Oh, I so want to read it, but it's not working for me. When I click on the link a screen pops up with all these strange ying yang dingy things that I can't read. :confused:

[JennNIN]

is needed to open the file as I've saved it. You can also find the article somewhere on teachmorelovemore.org. The article was published 3/15 and it's written by Dr. Sandeep Jauhar.

[elizabeth]

Thanks so much for sharing your story with us.

[Special K]

That was a very nice story. You are truly blessed. Thanks for sharing.

[momofthree]

Hey...I wanted to read the article but could not open it. But it sounds really great. Hang in there...you are getting better. We have adopted and I love it. He is our middle child. If you have the hankering for more kids it is so cool. Alison