Shawn Jones, son of Samantha and Edward
Jones, was born full-term. He weighed 6
pounds, 2 ounces and was 18½ inches long, but at 5 months old, it was
discovered that Shawn had a congenital
heart defect.
Shawn had emergency open heart surgery to fix a ventral septal defect and remove a supramitral membrane. His parents were told that he would eventually need a mitral valve replacement.
In December of 2009, at 13 years old, Shawn
had his mitral valve replaced at WVU Hospital.
His valve was replaced with a mechanical valve which requires him to be
on lifelong blood thinners.
Since the surgery, Shawn has done
remarkably well. He is a senior at Mountain Ridge High School and is
very active with sports, hunting and fishing.
Each
year, Shawn participates in March for Babies, along with a group of his friends
and his little brother, Seth.
