{"id":232515,"date":"2016-07-19T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T20:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=232515"},"modified":"2016-07-19T06:06:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T20:06:25","slug":"chloe-fighter-says-mommy-cindy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/chloe-fighter-says-mommy-cindy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chloe a fighter, says Mommy Cindy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chloe Bernal, front left, joins her parents and brothers for a group photo after receiving her gifts from Docomo Pacific officials and personnel with the help of Make-A-Wish Foundation executive director Victor P. Camacho, right, last Friday. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cindy Bernal and Joey Paranaga are both hopeful their 8-year-old daughter Chloe would outgrow her medical condition. The incoming third grader at Eucon International School is suffering from pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum or PAIVS.<\/p>\n

Chloe is the latest recipient of Make-A-Wish Foundation, which granted her wish of a shopping spree. Their family, including Chloe\u2019s younger brothers Josh and Yeoj, also spent the weekend at the Pacific Islands Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s shy and she takes time to warm up to other people but she\u2019s a happy kid. She\u2019s a fighter and we\u2019re hoping that she would outgrow her medical condition,\u201d Bernal told Saipan Tribune while they enjoyed a lunch buffet at the Giovanni\u2019s restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Saipan.<\/p>\n

PAIV, according to WebMD Health Professional Network\u2019s Medscape, is a \u201crare congenital cardiac lesion characterized by heterogenous right ventricular development, an imperforate pulmonary valve, and possible extensive ventriculocoronary connections.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hearts have four chambers but for Chloe one of her chambers is not fully grown and that causes problems on the flow of blood. A tube is connected from her heart to her lungs. She already had three major open heart surgeries in Japan,\u201d said Bernal.<\/p>\n

She added that everything was normal when she was pregnant with her. \u201cI gave birth to her through cesarean section but everything was normal when I was pregnant. All my regular check ups had no problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was only after giving birth that she was diagnosed with a heart murmur. After one week, we\u2019re off to Japan where she was operated when she was a month old. Her next operation was when she turned a year old and the last almost two years ago,\u201d Bernal said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s using a pacemaker and next year we\u2019re going to San Diego for replacement, which would last for almost 10 years. There\u2019s also a pacemaker technician that comes here to Saipan once a year that\u2019s why she gets checked,\u201d added Bernal, who had a brother who died when he was a year old.<\/p>\n

She said that her brother was a blue baby, a condition where one\u2019s skin turns blue from lack of oxygen in the blood due to a defect on major blood vessels of the heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we see progress on her condition. It\u2019s slow, but at least there\u2019s progress. She can easily get tired and she always says what she feels. She\u2019s on oxygen sometimes specially at night. She\u2019s also a picky eater so we let her drink Pediasure to assist in some of the nutrients she needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Leticia Borja, Chloe\u2019s pediatrician, was the one who wrote Make-A-Wish Foundation after asking her parents\u2019 permission. Make-A-Wish also gave Chloe a brand new iPad Pro while Docomo Pacific donated a Beats Solo2 wireless headphones, JBL clip speakers, and other giveaways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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