30 years post Fontan

wpengine   |   November 11, 2019

Lisa Hemming is a 33 year old CHD survivor and patient advocate. She has Tricuspid Atresia, TGA, ASD, VSD, and Coarctation of the Aorta. She has had four open heart …

Erica Thayer   |   November 4, 2019

This post is written and originally posted on Heart Savvy Momma. Heart Savvy Momma was created by Erica Thayer, co-founder of Project Heart. It’s here, guys. Flu season is upon us. I …

Erica Thayer   |   October 28, 2019

James Rutledge has a dream to climb the seven summits, the tallest peaks on each continent which includes Mount Everest and Kilimanjaro. He also has Dextrocardia, a congenital heart disease …

Erica Thayer   |   October 14, 2019

TGA Research Project Heart issued a grant in December of 2018 to fund Dr. Jackie Shuplock and Dr. Ann Kavanaugh’s fetal research on d-Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA). TGA …

Erica Thayer   |   October 7, 2019

This post is written and originally posted on Heart Savvy Momma. Heart Savvy Momma was created by Erica Thayer, co-founder of Project Heart. Heart Surgery day The day that has been looming …

Erica Thayer   |   October 2, 2019

You found yourself asking “How does my heart work?” Well, your heart is singularly amazing. It beats 115,000 times every day, moving more than 2,000 gallons of blood through your …

Erica Thayer   |   August 28, 2019

HRHS Diagnosis  Matt is a HRHS survivor. More specifically, pulmonary ventricular and aortic atresia plus dextrocardia. In other words, structures on the right side of his heart do not function …

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 14, 2019

HLHS Survivor Meghan Roswick was born in the hospital, left as a seemingly healthy baby, and returned back 7 days later due to odd breathing. The doctors “didn’t like the …

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 …

LOAD MORE