Before Baby Fae's surgery there was NO HOPE that any babies born with HLHS would even SURVIVE!!! Baby Fae, I love you forever. I know you are in Heaven, and your death wasn't in vain. Because of you, HLHS had become a top priority in research!

I was born at Loma Linda Hospital and knew of the Baby Fae heart transplant from the news even though I had moved to the San Francisco Bay area by 1984. In doing research for my memoir, I came across this documentary. It's a moving story of courage and being able to yield to difficult circumstances and have faith that you're doing the right thing.

Thank you for sharing your story Teresa! May God hold you near and comfort you through the years until you hold your sweet baby girl in Heaven for one day you surely will.

I dated an Anesthesiologist who trained at Loma Linda, and I remember him talking about this.

I was on the heart team. Most people working in the OR didn't know what was happening at first. They posted security guards at every corner of the O.R. After surgery I held her while her incubator bed was being cleaned. So tiny. Now a part of history. RIP Dr Bailey and Stephanie Beauclair

Baby Stephanie was a sacrificial lamb.

This breaks my heart and I appreciate my children even more after watching this

Oh gosh I cant stop crying. Seeing the footage of beautiful baby fae is heartbreaking. Rest in peace ❤❤

The Norwood Procedure had a 50% success rate for HLHS in 1984. Given that she was not premature & was a good weight, she would have most likely survived. This was not presented as an option or wasn't explained correctly.

When asked why he didn't chose an animal more closely genetically matched to a human, Dr. Bailey said that he didn't believe in evolution.

May god bless you

So heartbreaking

I just don't know how to feel about this. But what is certain is that this was a tragedy.

OMG Teresa, u r such a beautiful-warm-INTERGALACTICALLY BLESSED WOMAN, 2 have gone thru what u did-trusted in the manner FEW can understand,u have a soul that is shining all the way here in N.E. Pa, 2646.2 miles away , 37 hours away !!! The 'footprints' card u still have in Stephanie Fae's Bible started my tears flowing 4 real, I have 2 take a break Teresa, 2 regain my , some level of composure, please forgive me.Please Teresa consider calling/texting me and hopefully we can become friends on some level u r comfortable with. And Teresa, that WAS a Angel of God, and Jesus was there with Stephanie, and Teresa , I am NOT a Bible thumping believe or else person, far from it,I have spent years in prison,semi-recently-for drug charges, so I completely understand your younger life and the choices u made,as I also have done,and it wasn't until my last prison sentence-5 years for drug possession that I even really accepted Jesus Christ as our saviour, and still 2 this day am not even a semi-regular church goer, but I do believe, and Teresa, I have been blessed so heavily and I believe I have been given a gift of insight-premonition- not even sure what it is 'professionally' called,and I believe u have met and been directly blessed by beings sent from God and His son, Jesus.That's it on that subject, I just want u 2 understand where I am coming from(so so many places T ),and I cannot begin 2 explain it it well !And T, I feel so bad u never got 2 hold her again after surgery,and it is so fantastic how she knew your voice when u called her!! I am amazed that NO 1 has commented on this loving and beautiful story of u and ur families tragic part of ur lives,u have so graced so many by ur allowing this program to continue and trusting Dr Bailey (I have a chihuahua , 6 pounds , who is the luv of my life as my babys mom passes away, and the point of telling u this is that my puppys name is BAILEY , htg!I thought that was pretty cool.Teresa,I'm going 2 close 4 now,hopefully u will want 2 stay in touch, I will be watching the 2nd part of this video later 2day,and will again comment , 2 u , I am in the process of moving 2 colorado,selling my trailer I bought in 2012 as I was in a flood sept 8 - 10, 2011 at which time I lost everything I owned,(material and some financial) and a pet, Maggie my big beautiful black cat.Maybe once I get there , hopefully b4 summer, we will have bcome friends and will let u know where I moved 2, I'm not even sure 'EXACTLY' where I am going, most likely southern colorado, again,4 now I am closing,may God continue 2 Bless u and ur family,please take care,stay well,live-love-and do what pleases Teresa,no 1 else, except ur children and immediate family matter,continue 2 smile,it suits u well, and if u know nothing else in this life,know Stephanie Fae walks with u, EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY.It has been my pleasure writing and sharing with u T, hopefully we can write/text/speak soon,respectfully , john m zimmerman ( jz ) mybestpuppy007@gmail.com , 570-212-0752 ,

My mom mom was happy she died and I couldn't understand why. I was 6 years old. She said it was an experiment and fae suffered

Doctor Bailey was 42.

Did these people dislike on purpose

I was 8 weeks premature I I had heart and lung problems Had 3 cardiac arrest Had surgery on my stomach because the Dr thought I was asspreading stomach content bit my wind pipe clapped I went to children's hospital of Philadelphia I had to have my wind pipe fixed The surgeon Dr Willem Norwood My mom dude to him what are his chances the Dr side 2 present That were my changes of coming off the table