Proud happy blessed first time Dad

[jbpitt8111]

Hi,
My name is Jimmy and I just became a father seven weeks ago today and am very proud and lucky to be able to experience this wonderful new life. I was born with a birth defect that dominated most of my life with fears of not being able to have a full productive life I had five open heart operations before my thirteenth birthday. When I was in my late teens I started to realize how hard life was when you have a condition that you have to be on medication and have doctors monitor your entire life. The years passed I got older and would speed up the process of heart failure by living life to its fullest and making everyday like it was my last. I would have to go on disability and medicare in order to afford my medication and medical care since no company would carry me on their insurance. I eventually made my way to Pittsburgh PA when I would seek a hospital who would do my much needed sixth open heart operation, it was during this time that I would meet the Mother of my daughter. We met on my 29th birthday and hit it off from the first conversation she is the only woman I ever felt love for from the first kiss. Four months into our relationship we found out that she was pregnaunt it would the first child for both of us. I was flooded with a mixture of joy and fear, fear because my sixith open heart operation was a couple of months away. The day for the operation came and I walked back into the operating room a ball of emotions the fear that I may not see my child had set in. I pulled though and recovered as the love of my life was growing our baby inside of her womb. As I built up my strength, her belly grew and we found out on April 2nd that we were having a baby girl who we would name Brooklyn Ava ( I was born in NY and wanted her to have a little bit of New York). I turned 30 and soon after so did my girlfriend. On August 29 a day after her mommy turned 30 our daughter joined us and we became a happy little family. My daughter is the greatest my beautiful thing that has ever happned to me and truly gives my life purpose I show her pictures off every moment I get. I plan on prosing to her mom this coming March. The past seven weeks watching my baby girl sleep, eat and even poop have been a blessing. I am so pround and blessed to have created this life with a woman I love. So yeah that’s how I became a Daddy �

[ctay89]

That's a pretty courageous story. It's good to hear things like this. It really puts things into perspective. Good luck with everything. I wish all the best to you and your family.