Norwood Baby Imagine. You’re about to take your two day old baby home to start your life as a new parent. Before you leave, a routine wellness check is conducted. …

Kidney Crisis What do you do when the treatment for your CHD completely destroys your kidneys? Fourteen year old Eve walked this fine line just earlier this year. Eve was …

Positives and Negatives A year and a half. It really doesn’t seem like much time. However, for Jamie Dawson, it felt like forever. She and her husband, Layne, had been …

This post was originally posted on Heart Savvy Momma. Heart Savvy Momma was created by Erica Thayer, co-founder of Project Heart. Brad and Elisa Hill spent the first 9 and a …

This post was written by Lisa Bocan. Lisa is mom to three beautiful children, one being heart angel Mila Rose. Read about Mila’s story through her mom’s eyes. It is …

Adult CHD Patient Parent Patty Hansen is the mom of Meghan Roswick, making her a CHD patient parent. Meghan is 28 years old, leading a beautifully adventurous life, and is …

What is it?  The Fontan procedure is most often performed on single ventricle heart defects. It is the third step in the three step Fontan series. It is normally done …

What is it?  The Glenn procedure is most often performed on single ventricle heart defects. It is the second step in the three step Fontan series. It is normally done …

What is it?  The Norwood procedure is most often performed on Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome patients and, in some cases, other single ventricle heart defects. It is usually the first …