Heart Warrior of the Week

We talked with Andrew Kay, a 52-year-old adult CHD survivor who lives with ventricular septal defect and damage from endocarditis that began when he was 50. His story includes multiple catheterization procedures and an open-heart surgery just this past June. 

Cash, a four-year-old who is full of life and spark, is our Heart Warrior of the Week! A mere hours before he was supposed to leave the hospital as a newborn, Cash's was diagnosed with two medium-sized ventricular septal defects (VSD). He underwent open-heart surgery at five-months-old, recovering in just…

Our Heart Warrior of the Week is Morgan Andrew Contreras who is living with coarctation of the aorta (CoA), bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) ventricular septal defect (VSD), patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). He was born on March 17^th, 2018 and his mom, Tracy, describes him as Happy, energetic, loving, and beautiful.

Our Heart Warrior of the Week is Owen Dick! Owen’s Mom, Sarah, received the news that her son might have a heart condition at 17 weeks gestation. Those fears were confirmed at 22 weeks when he was diagnosed with double outlet right ventricle and coarctation of the aorta.

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 26^th, 2017.  This is his story, as told by his Mom, Kate. Conley was diagnosed...