Mended Little Hearts

Summer 2010 - MLH Voices - Spreading Awareness and Advocating for CHD Issues: The parents of Mended Little Hearts speak for those whose voices are small and weak, and they are making those voices heard in their communities and their state legislatures.
Spring 2010 - Program Coordinator Jodi Lemacks explains how MLH fulfills its mission by living up to its motto - Hope, Help, Healing.
Winter 2009 - MHI chapters and MLH groups are finding that they have a lot in common and enjoy working together.
Fall 2009 - MLH had their biggest convention yet. We get a recap from our four heart moms who were there.
Summer 2009 - Coping with Congenital Heart Disease - Eight parents of children with CHD discuss how they live with a malady no one survived only a generation ago.
Spring 2009 - Max's Mom Named New Leader for MLH - Susan Vanderpool, coordinator of MLH Tulsa, is dynamic, well-organized and a multi-tasker, which is a good thing because she is now the new national committee chair of Mended Little Hearts.
Winter 2008 - New Leaders in MLH - We profile five of the movers and shakers that are helping MLH grow.
Fall 2008- Continuing To Grow - Mended Little Hearts is growing like a well-tended garden, touching the lives of more and more families dealing with congenital heart disease.
Summer 2008 - Little Hearts, Big Expense - Congenital heart defects can have a devestating effect on a family's finances.
Spring 2008 - What About the Dads? - Moms and children take center stage in Mended Little Hearts, but the dads have feelings too . Here's what they have to say.
Winter 2007 - MLH coordinators from across the country came together before the convention.
Fall 2007 - Nine-year-old Shawn Stockwell needs a heart transplant but it can't be done in his home state of Alaska. That's why he's been living with Ronald McDonald for the last 16 months in California.
Summer 2007 - Mended Little Hearts is getting bigger! Read about the newest groups in Oklahoma, Minnesota, Florida and Wisconsin.
Spring 2007 - In South Dakota, Mended Hearts and Mended Little Hearts work, share and play together. Plus an update on developments in pediatric cardiology.
Winter 2006 -The parents involved in Mended Little Hearts know that "been there, done that" is a sanity-saving contribution to families of children with congenital heart defects.
Fall 2006- While there's no "one-size-fits-all" formula for organizing a Mended Little Hearts group, this Central California example is noteworthy.
Summer 2006 - Mended Little Hearts is rejuvenating some Mended Hearts Chapters.
Spring 2006 - Mommy, Why Am I Different - Experts comment on how to tell a child about their heart condition
Winter 2005 - Little Hearts Hold Big Hopes - What local MLH programs are doing across the country.
Fall 2005 - Don't Forget About You - Tips for those caring for young children with congenital heart defects
Summer 2005 - Overcoming the Competition - How two hospitals worked with MLH to provide the support needed by both of their patients
Summer 2005 - What About the Other Kids - How the Hof family ensured the entire family was taken care during thier daughters early years
Spring 2005 - Passing on Hope - Story of one families desire to give the gift of hope to others
Spring 2005 - Coming Home -- Tips from People Who Know - The McCorvey's share thier advice on raising a child with a congenital heart defect
Winter 2004 - Report on First MLH Charter Ceremony & State of the Art - Joe DiMaggio's Children Hospital and MLH officially recognize the first chartered group in the country. And, a brief piece on new developments in pediatric cardiology
Winter 2004 - The Many Faces of Hope - What a young man and a beauty queen have in common
Winter 2004 - Completing the Journey - How twin sister's Kari and Kristen turned their congenital heart defects into helping children
Fall 2004 - What is MLH & A Dr.'s Perspective - MLH Overview and Differences in treating a traditional heart patient and a child with a congenital heart defect from a doctors perspective
Fall 2004 - A Parent's Tale - Tale of the Varns family
Fall 2002 - Mended "Little" Heart - Story of Tanner Yanez, just one of many babies who battle heart disease

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