Erica Thayer   |   February 21, 2020

National CHD Awareness February is Heart Month. To honor that, Project Heart is spreading Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) awareness throughout the U.S. One representative from each of the 50 states …

Erica Thayer   |   August 26, 2019

HRHS Explained  HRHS stands for Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome. It occurs when the right side of the heart is underdeveloped. It disrupts the normal flow of blood in the heart …

Erica Thayer   |   August 19, 2019

Moonshot  In May of 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech stating that America was going to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. …

Erica Thayer   |   August 12, 2019

HLHS Explained  HLHS stands for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. It is a part of the 25% of critical congenital heart defects and requires life saving surgeries in the early days …

Erica Thayer   |   August 5, 2019

Down Syndrome Data Down syndrome is and continues to be the most common chromosomal disorder in America. It is a genetic condition and is caused by a partial or full …

Erica Thayer   |   July 29, 2019

What Causes CHD? If you have had a child born with Congenital Heart Disease you may be asking yourself this question. “What is my risk of having a second child …

Erica Thayer   |   July 22, 2019

CHD Research? Congenital Heart Disease is the world’s most common birth defect. Approximately 40,000 babies are born with CHD in the United States alone. Every. Year. That’s over 1.35 million …

Tyler Thayer   |   June 24, 2016

Thank you Apa family for sharing the story of your strong fighter and beautiful girl, Olivia. Her story is told by her mother, Sarah. Our Olivia was born on September …

Tyler Thayer   |   June 19, 2016

This is Nadia’s story told by her mother, Tasha. Thank you for sharing Nadia with us! We found out at our 20 week anatomy scan that something was wrong with …

Tyler Thayer   |   May 19, 2016

This is a piece of Nathaniel’s story told by his foster mom (soon to be just “mom”), Amy. In July, my husband and I received a call to take two …

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