In addition to attending the booksigning with Diana Gabaldon, Blythe has brought back a signed copy of Echo in the Bone for one lucky reader. To enter, simply answer the following, “What medical condition prompts Briana and Roger to journey back to the 20th century with their children?” NOTE: If you haven’t read all the books, be warned that reading the comments will probably spoil at least part of one book for you.
The contest will be open from 8:30 a.m. EST until 7:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, October 1, 2009.
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Heart defect that is a simple fix in the 20th century.
Their daughter has a heart defect that can be easily fixed in their “”present.””
A heart defect that can be fixed in their time.
Heart defect
heart defect
Heart defect! Oh my gosh! I so want this book! Sqqquuueeee!!!!!
a heart defect
Their daughter has a heart defect.
their daughter is found to have a heart defect
Their daughter has a heart defect that cannot be treated in the 1700’s so they must go “”back to the future””.
Their daughter has a heart defect
A patent ductus arteriosus, at birth the ductus arteriousus is a small blood vessel in the fetus that joins the aorta to the pulmonary artery, it allows the baby to receive oxygen via the placenta. At birth, when the baby takes it’s first breath, the oxygen sensors causes it to contract and closes permanently. Amanda’s did not, it is a simple procedure in modern times to fix. They had to come back to save her life.
It was a heart defect.
Patent (meaning open) ductus arteriosus. Blood vessel in the heart that normally closes after birth to allow for proper blood circulation didn’t close properly for Mandy, causing her to have breathing difficulties and failure to thrive.
it was a heart defect: a blood vessel that did not close after birth. this causes problems in her blood circulation and needs surgical treatment to grant her survival
it was a heart defect: a blood vessel that did not close after birth. this causes problems in her blood circulation and needs surgical treatment (available in the ‘future’, Claire cannot perform it) to grant her survival.
Their daughter had a heart defect that Claire couldn’t cure.
heart defect
A heart defect
Mandy had a congenital heart defect that required surgery that Claire could not perform “”back then””.
Heart defect … sure hope they go back to the past once all is well with dd!
Baby Amanda had a condition known as “”patent ductus arteriosus”” which is a valve that usually closes after the baby starts breathing. It sometimes happens that it doesn’t close and that was the serious problem.
Baby Amanda had a heart defect.
A heart defect. I have never read her books but I am really interested in them after reading these post.
Heart defect the is easy to cure in modern times
Their daughter has a heart defect.
Heart defect that could be fixed back in their time.
Baby Amanda had a persistent patent ductus heart defect causing deoxygenated blood to mix with oxygenated blood and thus her blue fingers and toes. Poor wee Amanda…
PDA (patent ductus arteriosis)
Their daughter had a heart defect.
Baby Amanda has a heart defect that will be able to be repaired in the 20th century.
Patent ductus arteriosus, surgically correctable in modern times, but impossible for Claire to do in 1770’s.
Their baby daughter,Amanda,has a heart defect.
Amanda’s heart defect could not be operated on in the 1700’s but was/is curable in our time…Clare knew how but needed the proper equipment and would not risk it under the conditions.
A patent ductus arteriosus. A heart defect that Claire could not risk fixing.
Mandy is born with a heart defect.
their daughter had a heart defect that could only be fixed in the twentieth century.
A heart defect
A congenital heart defect.
Amanda had a heart defect.
Heart defect
Hi AAR,
A heart defect!
Thanks, Blythe, for giving up the goods! You’re a better woman than I!
Could it possibly have a ‘Tetralogy of Fallot’ ?
This is a combination of a hole between the two ventricles, and a narrowing between the right ventricle and the lung artery. The right ventricle has extra work to do to squeeze blood through the narrowing to the lungs, and as it works at high pressure, is able to pump blood directly from it through the intraventricular hole into the aorta.
A murmur may be noted initially and then blueness…
I was born with this condition, and Claire’s diagnosis equates to the above, and I recognise the symptoms.
I hope Mandy grows up as strong and healthy as I have done.
Roger and Brianna’s daughter, Mandy, was born with a heart defect that needed to be operated on in order for her to survive. Claire couldn’t perform the surgery in the 18th century, so they had to go back to the 20th century and modern medicine.
She had a heart defect/problem. Thank you and pick me.
The hole in their infant daughter’s, Mandy’s, heart, AKA “”failure to thrive,”” fairly easy to repair in modern times with surgery but likely fatal before 1950’s
Baby had a heart defect requiring surgery beyond what Claire could do in the 18th century, so Mandy, her brother, and parents came back to the 20th for the surgery.
Mandy was born with a heart defect her grand-ma couldn’t cure.
heart defect.
A heart defect. And I read a review that contained a spoiler and was shocked. I’ve been wanting to read this book for so long…I’m hoping what I read is not true and just a cruel joke, but I would love to win Bone and find out 🙂
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Amanda had a heart defect that was not repairable in the 17th century which would have meant major problems and death as she grew. In the 20th century this is an easily fixed condition.
Baby Amanda had a heart defect and needed to be in Roger and Brianna’s time to get it taken care of.
Baby Amanda had a hole in her heart which would normally close by itself but didn’t, which caused a failure to thrive. So they decided to return to get the surgery she needed.
Claire diagnosed Amanda with a heart condition were as Amanda’s Ductus Arteriosus (a small blood vessel) did not close completely upon birth,thus allowing blood to enter her lungs and not enough oxygen to the rest of her body. In turn Amanda is unable to get nourishment properly and is unable to grow right.
Their daughter had a heart defect that could be fixed in the 20th Century
Roger and Brianna’s daughter Amanda had a birth defect – a heart condition caused by a blood vessel that was too small. They travelled back through time for surgery that could only be done successfully using 20th century medicine.
Briana and Roger go forward to future in order to enable them to have life-saving surgery on their daughter Amanda’s heart.
Hello,
Amanda had Patent ductus arteriosus in which a blood vessel fails to close normally in an infant soon after birth. No available treatment at the time so Brianna and Roger were forced to go back to present time.
Diana, Love your books and can’t wait to read your latest.
Margaret
Their daughter had a heart condition which could not be cured unless they returned to their future for an operation which will allow Amanda to survive and thrive.
Baby Amanda had a heart defect that was easily correctible in the 20th century, but not in the time Brianna and Roger had returned to, so they needed to return to the 20th century to get it corrected.
Their daughter Mandy had a heart defect that would eventually result in death and needed surgery
Amanda has a heart defect (patent ductus arteriosus), which cannot be repaired by Claire in the 18th century.
Amanda had a heart defect which needed surgery not available in the 18th century
Brianna and Roger’s daughter, Amanda, has a heart defect that requires 20th century medical care.
Heart trouble
A heart defect
Their daughter, Amanda had a heart defect that could not be corrected in the 18th century.
oops I’m a bit late;-)
So, who won? Not me, I’m guessing… 🙁
Thanks for this usefull information.