Matters of the Heart: The Children's Heart Foundation

The Children's Heart Foundation is proud to be featured in the 25th season of The Visionaries, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to producing and distributing media that inspires individuals and communities to take action for positive social change. Learn more: www.visionaries.org
"A baby is born. A new life, totally unique, comes into being. Once… in a terrible while, something goes wrong. A baby is born with a broken heart It is called a Congenital Heart Defect, or CHD, and it is the most common type of birth defect. It happens every 15 minutes somewhere in America. Even if their defect gets repaired, children with CHDs are never cured. They face lifelong risks of health problems like heart failure or stroke and the possibility of multiple open-heart surgeries over their lifetime. Here is the reality despite these facts: research into these birth defects is drastically underfunded. But there is great hope on the horizon and it has a name. The Children’s Heart Foundation. It is the country’s leading organization solely dedicated to funding lifesaving CHD research. Come with us now and meet some of the people behind this extraordinary endeavor."

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My daughter is pregnant in Tampa FL. Her baby will be born in just a few weeks in November. I'm praying hard and getting ready to support both her and my grandson for the journey ahead. He will be having a Fontan procedure at some point in the near future. It's scary but I just sent her this video. Thank you for all the work you do. ❤🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿