So thanks to my friend Miranda, I now have a great diagram of what a typical heart looks like (image 1) . In this diagram you will see how the Pulmonary Artery connects to the right ventricle and the aorta connects to the left ventricle. You will also see the septum separating the two ventricles.
This next diagram is my artistic depiction of the defects that the baby has. The red portion shows how the Pulmonary vessel is connected to both the right and the left ventricles. The purple show that the aorta is connected to the right ventricle (opposite of what it should be) and that it is significantly narrowed. The brown spot represents the hole in the septum between the two ventricles. For now, the hole is a good thing because it is allowing the heart to self-correct the flow of the blood to the body. I hope this helps all of you visualize what is different. I know it helped me :)
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