Erica Thayer   |   February 3, 2020

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 …

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   |   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   |   January 31, 2019

Photo Credit: Allyson Gray Photography 10 Weeks Late It took ten weeks and her mother’s persistence for Lauren Bednarz to be diagnosed with Tricuspid Atresia. Since her diagnosis in 1987, …

Erica Thayer   |   January 26, 2019

HRHS Rockstar Kathleen and Frank Jones had their world flipped upside down at their 20-week ultrasound appointment. It was a complete shock to find out their unborn baby girl had …

Erica Thayer   |   July 18, 2018

Birthday Surprise Catherine and Brad Clinkscales went in on Catherine’s 30th birthday for her 20-week ultrasound to find out if they were having a boy or a girl. “I thought …

Erica Thayer   |   July 5, 2018

5 surgeries by age 5 Kimberly Hall was born on November 20, 1990 with a congenital heart defect called Tricuspid Atresia. This means that her tricuspid valve did not form, …

Tyler Thayer   |   April 11, 2016

Part 2 of Calvin’s Story and how we came up with the idea for Project Heart! At 39 weeks my labor was induced so our team of medical miracle workers …

Tyler Thayer   |   February 11, 2016

Ultrasound technology has come a long way in the past few decades. Gone are the fuzzy baby blob prints, now replaced by 3D images of cute button noses and chubby …