Change for Hearts
Feb 18, 2016
Congenital Heart Defects (CHD’s)
• When a baby is born with a heart problem• Most common birth defect• Leading cause of infant death in the US• Lifelong follow up with cardiologist (heart
doctor)• Sometimes activity limitation,
medicine, catheterization/surgery
Aaron needed to eat through a tube after surgery because he didn’t learn how to
swallow when he was born
Monthly get-togethers
• Parents can talk and help each other• Kids can hang out and help each other• Speakers come and share their experience