Missing my baby gurl! Missing Mami y Papi! Te Quiero Mucho! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

I’d spend time with my dad, mom and especially my daughter. Then, talk to other family I miss too!

We were due to leave Texas after three years. Dr. Glassow had other plans. My hubby’s orders were rescinded. So, we stayed another three years at Fort Hood Texas. My daughter never let her heart ❤️ limit her in any way. She liked to play softball 🥎. We brought her and her brothers baseball gloves so they could play together. She play tackle football 🏈 with the kids on the block. She loved to swim especially under water. One time, she went under water and I grabbed her up! She was like, “mami why you pulled me up? I was swimming!” I was just scared, but, I didn’t let her know. Just mother’s instinct! She loved going to amusement parks. One day, she was on a ride that you could flip over. The guy she was riding with did flips not knowing it would cause her heart to over exert. Later that night, her chest was hurting. We took her to the ER. The doctors were trying hard to get her heart rate down. Meds weren’t working. He asked how did docs get it to come down. I told him that usually she threw up and it would stop. Mine you, I mentioned this before in an earlier post. The ER doc did not believe me. He looked 👀 at me strangely. He tried other things and nothing. Then, she threw up and her heart rate was normal. The doctor was stunned 😳! He told me, I was right but, I already knew that 😏. Even when I would tell the nurses they had to do her EKG on the left, they would say no. Then, the doctor would tell them I was correct and they had to do it over. I knew my baby better cause of so many years seeing these doctors. For awhile, she had been on meds. After awhile, the doctor took her off. She continued to excel. Soon, we would leave Texas to Alaska.

When I was eight months pregnant, I only had a middle name for my baby, Irasema after her godmother. I was looking for the perfect first name for her. One day while at work at my register, two young girls were talking about their friend Jessica. I thought it my head how it would sound with her middle name. That's It! Jessica Irasema will be her name. July 12, 1984, I had false labor and was sent home. At around 5am, I began to have contractions. The ambulance was called. By that time, I was having contractions every minute. The EMT thought I would deliver in the ambulance. She was not having that. We made it to the hospital in time. She was born Friday, July 13th @6:39am in Augsburg, Germany. They quickly whisked her away. She was what they call a "Blue Baby". Later on, we were told she has Congenital Heart Disease, Dextrocardia, Pulmonary Artrisia and Ventricular something. Her heart was completely backwards. She was missing the pulmonary value and left ventricle. She would have to go to another hospital far away for better treatment. I had to say bye to my baby through an incubator. I couldn't go with her as she was going in a helicopter. I was to go the next morning. As we drove the next day, it seemed like several hours instead of just one. We finally arrived and couldn't wait to see our baby! She was hooked up to machines and wires. I was able to hold her but, not for too long. She couldn't be out of the incubator. The doctor came in and told us she would need surgery. With out it, she would have a 10% chance to live. Now, we had to plan for a trip back to the United States.