Every year, 100,000 babies don't make it to their first birthday because of CHD.
Heart Warrior of the Week
Sloan Elise Rieke | Heart Warrior of the Week
Meet Sloan Elise Rieke, your Heart Warrior of the Week! Sloan came into the world on February 28th, 2017; doctors quickly picked up a heart murmur and decided to monitor it closely even though it wasn’t much of a concern initially (it is not uncommon for newborn babies to have...
Trent Timothy Harding | Heart Warrior of the Week
Trent Timothy Harding is our Heart Warrior of the Week! Trent was born on November 30th, 2010, but wasn’t diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot until he was 5 weeks old. He has undergone two open-heart surgeries throughout his journey with CHD. The first was an emergency surgery in which a...
Ryder James Montano | Heart Warrior of the Week
Save the Heartbeat Fam, meet Ryder James Montano, our Heart Warrior of the Week! Ryder was born on September 29th, 2011, his pediatrician detected a heart murmur shortly after his birth. He was officially diagnosed with pulmonary stenosis at 6 months and was later diagnosed with supravalvular aortic stenosis at...
Conley James Hickman | Heart Warrior of the Week
Our Heart Warrior of the Week is Conley James Hickman or “Conley the Brave,” who is living with Tetralogy of Fallot. He and his fraternal twin brother were born at 34 weeks gestation on February 26th, 2017. This is his story, as told by his Mom, Kate. Conley was diagnosed...
Avelyn Marie Stahlman-Pickel | Heart Warrior of the Week
Avelyn Marie Stahlman-Pickel is our Heart Warrior of the Week! Little Avelyn is the embodiment of a survivor. In fact, we’re pretty sure that if you were to look up the definition of “survivor” on Google, a photo of her would show the second you hit search. This remarkable little...
