At birth, doctors diagnosed Patti Allbritton with a heart murmur. Doctors with Texas...
Pearland resident Patti Allbritton and French bulldog Louis, enjoy a walk around the neighborhood Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, an activity that was difficult before her surgery to treat a congenital heart condition.It wasn’t that long ago when simply picking up her 25-pound French bulldog Louis, was an arduous task for Pearland resident Patti Allbritton.
Then, at 5 months, Allbritton choked on her bottle and was rushed to the emergency room. That’s when a doctor told Hazlewood that something more serious was wrong with her child.A cardiac catheterization diagnostic test, or heart cath, allowed pediatric cardiologist Dr. Charles Mullins to get a clearer picture. He diagnosed the baby with pseudotruncus arteriosus, a congenital heart defect that occurs when only one large blood vessel leads out of the heart, instead of two.
Now Allbritton’s congenital heart defect is described in new terminology as “tetralogy of Fallot,” Ermis said. Albritton remembers that each time she had a heart cath, the same conclusion was reached, that nothing could be done. Albritton served on the patient and family advisory committee for the new unit. She remembers helping with the design of the rooms and even taking part in patient simulations.Over the years, Allbritton made lifestyle modifications to allow for her condition. In her school years, that meant no physical education and sitting out recess games.
“I would notice myself just being extremely tired,”she said. “It was becoming more and more apparent.”In September 2021, at a regular visit, Dr. Emis suggested another heart cath to see if anything could be done to help Allbritton. “Others will want to go in and do everything possible, the highest risk but the greatest possible results,” he said.“The other option would be a full surgery to put everything back in place where it should have been,” he said. “Or we could do something halfway, redirecting some things through a catheter.”At first, Allbritton admitted to feeling skeptical. “I’d had a lot of smart people tell me no before,” she said.
It worked. “Her oxygen levels were almost 100 percent, and she was nice and pink,” Hickey said. “We got the result we wanted.”A new lease on life
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