http://www.trachkids.org/medical-conditions/asymmetrical-difference-sides-brain View Categorized TrachKid Profiles. en http://www.trachkids.org/members/1427 <div class="trachkid-profile"> <span class="portrait" style="float:left;margin:0 0.5em 0.5em 0"><a href="/members/1427"><img src="http://www.trachkids.org/files/imagecache/UserImage_Icon/files/portraits/n1054109284_9038.jpg" alt="n1054109284_9038.jpg" title="n1054109284_9038.jpg" /></a></span> <p>Devynn was born full term on March 22nd, 2009. We had know about her heart defect since November 11th, 2008. During open heart srgery when she was 3 days old, the surgeons damaged the phrenic nerve. This nerve controld the diaphragms. She was unable to breathe on her own for 9 weeks. She was intubated for 4 weeks until her doctors decided to do a trach and g-tube.</p> </div><p><a href="http://www.trachkids.org/members/1427">read more</a></p> http://www.trachkids.org/members/1427#comments Female North America None asymmetrical difference in sides of brain c4 butterfly vertabrae G-Tube Reflux sacral dimple scoliosis tongue falls back torticallus Transposition of Great Vessels Caucasian Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:30:03 -0500 DevynnsMommy 1521 at http://www.trachkids.org