Stories
Story posts for Mended Hearts
We want to recognize the courage and strength it took to write these beautiful, and sometimes heart-wrenching essays and poems. As we placed them lovingly on this site, we did…
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Scars. They tell a story. They represent triumph over adversity. And for those living with congenital heart disease (CHD), scars — physical or not — are symbols of strength and…
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Joe Gatto’s health journey has been full of surprises. When he was born in 1953 with a heart defect, doctors told his mother they wanted to do exploratory surgery. But…
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By Lisa Horn From September 1 to World Heart Day on September 29, MHI members and their families got moving — for both their heart health and the health of…
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By Michelle Palmer Jones An active woman under 50, a 37-year-old former model and a 60-year-old man in reasonably good shape wouldn’t typically have a lot in common. Yet, in…
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When Alejandra Aguilar was pregnant, she got the shock of a lifetime. Toward the end of her second trimester, she learned something was out of the ordinary. “The tech said,…
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One morning, Robin G. woke up sweaty, nauseated and unable to get out of bed. Her hands and feet were tingling and numb. She didn’t have any idea what was…
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By Lisa Horn Vision. Innovation. Tenacity. These are just a few qualities that good leaders possess. As The Mended Hearts, Inc. continues to evolve, grow and thrive, it is essential…
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By Lisa Horn Heart disease survivors and their families have a strength that’s often hard to describe, especially when facing fear, uncertainty and even loss. There can be healing in…
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When Paul and Cindy Belvedere’s son was three months old, he had open heart surgery to fix his ventricular septal and atrial septal heart defects. “We longed for a…
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