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Lessies Miracle Story

When I was born I was born with a large hole in my heart and an Interupted Aortic Arch. The doctor found out about it about a couple days after I was born.

I have had 2 surgeries, the 1st surgery I had was when I was a week old, it was to fix my arch, they went in through the side of me. They took out my subclavion artery and used some kind of patch material to fix it. And then they put a band around my pulomanory artery.

life is good

Hi my name is George Pavic,i was born in Revelstoke B.C, August 5 1963.When i was an infant my parents noticed i was short of breath after any activities.Of course they took me to the doctor,he told mom that she was overprotective. Not to worry he is fine ,but still i was always sickly.My sister was born in 1965,but now we lived in Oakville On.One day shortly after, she went to the family doctor with my sister,and i went along.The nice Jamacian nurse that worked there noticed me out of breath,came over to take a better look.She than checked my lips and fingernails ,showed my mom t

Born in the right place at the right time

My name's Shelagh and I was born in Toronto in 1962 and diagnosed with tetralogy of fallot shortly after birth. In 1964 I had the Blalock-Taussig shunt which kept me going until I could have open heart surgery at age 8, in 1970. Up until age 8 I was blue, tired, cold, and had bad headaches. Fortunately for me, I was the youngest of 4 kids so I was basically treated (and mistreated) as a normal child, at least by my siblings. I was operated on by Dr.  William Mustard and after 9 hours of surgery came out pink and on the way to a pretty normal, healthy and happy life.

The Power of the Patient

My name is John MacEachern and was born in 1941 with Tetralogy of Fallot. At the age of 4, in 1945, Dr. Gordon Murray gave me the famous Blalck Taussig Thomas shunt, thereby making me the first in Canada to undergo such surgery.  I went on to graduate from Cornell University and had a successful career in the Hospitality Industry.  When I turned 50, in 1991, Dr. Bill Williams performed my "Repair" surgery.

Jake

Jake was diagnosed with Transposition of the Great Arteries in 1988. Read more...

Lacey's Story

Lacey was born in 1987 and was diagnosed with Transposition of the Great Arteries. Read more...

Marissa's story

Marissa was born in 1990 with Pulmonary Atresia. She had three operations within the first six days of her life at Miami Children's Hospital. At 9 months, she had open heart surgery to replace her pulmonary artery (conduit). Marissa's final repair (conduit replacement) was in July 2009, 18 years, 1 month and 25 days after her first open heart surgery. Read more...

Asher

This is Asher. 

Asher was born in 2006 and was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.

He had a hybrid procedure done at 10 days of age. Read more at asherpeters.blogspot.com

Jeffrey - HLHS - born 1996

He's had all 3 surgeries and sees his Pediatric Cardiologist once a year.  He does most everything his peers do with the exception of after school sports - which he doesn't have an interest in either. 

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Little Hearts Organization

Little Hearts, Inc. is a national organization providing support, resources, networking, and hope to families affected by congenital heart defects. Membership consists of families nationwide who have or are expecting a child with a congenital heart defect.

www.littlehearts.org