While she was still in her mother's womb, her parents were informed that she had a dangerously low heart beat due to congenital heart block. She would not survive til full term. It was decided that labour would have to be induced at thirty-one weeks, so that little Jaya's organs would have as long as possible to grow.
A medical team of nearly two dozen was on hand for the procedures. Weighing only three and a half pounds, Jaya came into the world as smoothly as could be, but her heart rate was still too low. It was then that doctors decided to insert the pace maker directly into her chest, instead of the normal just connecting wires and then waiting to do surgery for a few weeks. Thankfully the surgery went extremely well, taking less than an hour.
Now eight months old, Jaya is doing better than could've been expected. The current pacemaker will last her until she is ten, when she will need a new one. Her parents could not be more proud of how she is living up to her name, which means victorious.
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