“There’s something wrong with your baby’s heart.” Like you, those words are forever etched into my soul…. Hi there, I’m Josie, and I’m a heart mom. At the 20-week ultrasound…
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By Grace Hollenbach CHD and COVID-19 To say that my brother’s congenital heart defect has affected my life would be an understatement, in my opinion. I think an more accurate…
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By Mazen Hassan Our Lives Are Changing Now Our lives are changing now Was my first feeling Lump in my throat The rest had me reeling Our lives are changing…
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By Lauren Backe “Where did the idea for the heart warrior photoshoot come from?” is a question I’ve gotten asked a lot recently. And that’s a long answer, partially…
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Carli Valentine resides in Utah with her two wonderful children, Lochlan (1 yr) and Finnegan (6 yrs) and husband of 14 years. She is employed as a Cosmetologist and has her…
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So Long as He’s Healthy “So long as he’s healthy,” she said. Inwardly, I cringe And my heart weeps a little. I ask myself, “But what if he’s not?”…
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Sometimes six years in the CHD world does not seem like an awfully long time, and sometimes it feels like we have been here forever. When I think back on…
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David is a Vice President of a International Manufacturing company and began writing just a few years ago ( At age 50, It’s therapeutic for him & was part of…
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By Amy Suson “You’ll likely never have children.” I had heard those words repeatedly growing up. Being born with severe tricuspid valve stenosis, transposition of the great arteries, hypoplastic right…
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By MaryAnn Zima Our son, John, was born 10 days late in the spring of 1990, healthy and robust but with a very worried expression on his face. Doctors said…
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