Heart to Heart with Anna
451 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★ - 13 ratingsRevitalize your spirit and connect with the vibrant congenital heart defect (CHD) community through 'Heart to Heart with Anna,' the pioneering podcast that has been inspiring and informing listeners since 11-12-13. Join us as we dive deep into the personal journeys, triumphs, and challenges of Survivors, their loved ones, esteemed medical professionals, and other remarkable individuals within the CHD community.
With unwavering dedication, our heartfelt conversations bring to light the stories that need to be heard. Gain invaluable insights, expert advice, and a sense of empowerment as we explore the multifaceted world of CHD. Our mission is to uplift, educate, and enrich the lives of every member of this incredible community.
Embark on a transformative listening experience where compassion and understanding thrive. Discover the resilience and unwavering spirit that reside within each person touched by CHD. Together, let's build a community where support and knowledge flourish, bringing hope to the forefront.
Tune in to 'Heart to Heart with Anna' and embark on a remarkable journey that will leave you inspired, enlightened, and connected to the beating heart of the CHD community.
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Episodes
Seizing the Day with Tracey Grasty!
November 24, 2015 05:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBHow does a 49-year-old HRHS Survivor "seize the day"? What makes Tracey Grasty exceptional? How does being a nurse affect her philosophy of life? Tune in to discover the answer to those questions and more!Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website
Seizing the Day with Myles Schweitzer!
November 17, 2015 05:00 - 30 minutes - 14.1 MBHow does a 25-year-old HLHS Survivor "seize the day"? What makes Myles Schweitzer exceptional? How does being a musician affect his philosophy of life? Tune in to discover the answer to those questions and more!Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website
Seizing the Day with Lauren Bednarz and Suzanne Meredith!
November 10, 2015 05:00 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MBHow do a mother and daughter duo seize the day when they're dealt the blow of a chronic illness? How does their perspective change over time? What advice do they have for others?Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website
Seizing the Day with Jim Larson!
November 03, 2015 05:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBSeason Six of "Heart to Heart with Anna" is all about Carpe Diem -- Seizing the Day. In this episode we'll learn about a remarkable congenital heart defect (CHD) Survivor who was born in the 1950s. Being born with tetralogy of Fallot in the 1950s could have been a death sentence but instead Jim Larson was a pioneer. One of the early survivors of what was commonly referred to as "blue baby syndrome," Jim Larson was operated on by the most promising up-and-coming doctors in the United States an...
Ruling the World...One Cookie at a Time
September 01, 2015 04:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBToday's episode of Heart to Heart with Anna shows how a heart mom - inspired by her daughter's determination - has begun a successful small business. The guest for this exciting episode is Jessie Wimmer, who is a heart mom from Charlotte, NC. She has two beautiful children: Noah and Sparrow, who was born with a congenital heart defect. Jessie will tell us about the miracle she - and doctors - witnessed in her daughter's life, and how that propelled her towards succeeding in her business: ...
Compassion Fatigue: Silent Enemy, Soul Sickness
August 25, 2015 04:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBHave you ever felt like things are just getting out of hand or getting away from you? Is the stress of being a caregiver affecting the way you relate to others? On today's episode we will discuss the topic of Compassion Fatigue, which is present in many who care for others, including nurses, paramedics, physicians, and even parents of children with congenital heart defects. Today's guest is Daniel Miles, the Assistant Director of Spiritual Education at Carolinas Medical Center. We're goin...
Compassion Fatigue: Silent Enemy, Soul Sickness
August 25, 2015 04:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBHave you ever felt like things are just getting out of hand or getting away from you? Is the stress of being a caregiver affecting the way you relate to others? On today's episode we will discuss the topic of Compassion Fatigue, which is present in many who care for others, including nurses, paramedics, physicians, and even parents of children with congenital heart defects. Today's guest is Daniel Miles, the Assistant Director of Spiritual Education at Carolinas Medical Center. We're goin...
This is NOT the Trip I Planned For!
August 18, 2015 04:00 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBChris Perez is a Heart Dad from North Carolina. His son Nolan was born in 2012 with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. For almost 2 years he's written a blog called Half Heart. Whole Life: an HLHS Dad's blog, where he lays out the life of a Heart Dad with honesty and humor. On today's episode, Chris will be presenting an update to the well-known essay "Welcome to Holland." This essay has been read by many since it was written in 1987: today Chris will give it a fresh new spin!Support the sh...
The Miracle of a Stranger's Gift
August 11, 2015 04:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThis episode of "Heart to Heart with Anna" is the final episode of Season 5: Miracles DO Happen! We started Season Five with a miracle story about a woman who found out after she gave birth that her son had a critical congenital heart defect and who was in the right place at the right time to receive the treatment he needed to survive. This episode, likewise, deals with the discovery after birth that a baby boy was born with congenital heart defects. This show not only deals with the discove...
Miracle of Stranger's Gift
August 11, 2015 04:00 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBThis episode of "Heart to Heart with Anna" is the final episode of Season 5: Miracles DO Happen! We started Season Five with a miracle story about a woman who found out after she gave birth that her son had a critical congenital heart defect and who was in the right place at the right time to receive the treatment he needed to survive. This episode, likewise, deals with the discovery after birth that a baby boy was born with congenital heart defects. This show not only deals with the discover...
The Miracle of Giving Back
August 04, 2015 04:00 - 30 minutes - 14.1 MBThose who have been through the trauma of having open-heart surgeries and dealing with all of the situations that accompany them have many choices. They can choose to be positive and to see the bright side, even when things get difficult or they can choose to feel negative and like what is happening to them is unfair. Survivors can choose to let their heart defects define them or they can choose to live a quality life despite their difficulties.Sometimes a person used her personal trauma to e...
A Mother's Miracle
July 28, 2015 04:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBMany mothers believe their babies are miracles, but few know that to be a fact like mothers of children born with broken hearts. When mothers are told their unborn or newborn babies have something wrong with their hearts, the news is devastating. When mothers see their littles one fight for their lives and survive open-heart surgeries only to have difficulty feeding, gaining weight and still looking blue, they may all but despair.Today's show will feature a mother who has seen all of that and...
The Miracle of a New Heart
July 21, 2015 04:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBSome people are born with broken hearts that seem to function adequately for years before they start to decline and become unable to sufficiently support life. With the invention of pacemakers, ventricular assist devices, and defibrillators, it seems that even broken hearts can function for quite a while with the miracles of modern medicine. But sometimes, even these magical devices or the amazing drugs that can slow hearts down or speed hearts up are not enough. When this happens, people mu...
A Modern Medical Miracle
July 14, 2015 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBMiracles seem to be all around us, but some miracles are thanks to the great strides made in the field of pediatric cardiology. What kind of advances have been made over the years? What are some techniques being used that can save untold numbers of lives? How, exactly, are babies or children benefiting from the developments in pediatric cardiology?This show will feature the mother of two daughters who is grateful for the advances in pediatric cardiology and how those advances have personally ...
A Cardiomyopathy Miracle
July 07, 2015 04:00 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MBWhat happens when you're told your baby's only hope for survival is a heart transplant and that even with that there were no guarantees? When parents rely on faith, instead of on medical "facts," can they possibly be granted a miracle? Tune in to hear Kristi Pena discuss her experience with having a son with Barth Syndrome -- a son she admitted to hospice care at 45 days of age -- a son who has beaten the odds time and again. Kristi's story is full of miracles which depended on faith in God a...
The Miracle of an Ordinary Life
June 30, 2015 04:00 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MBWhen parents are told their children will be born with a heart defect, they often wonder what kind of life their children will have. Will they constantly be hospitalized? Will they have to endure one surgery after another? Will they be able to run and play with other children? Then as our children age and start answering some of those early questions we parents have new questions popping into our minds. Will our children graduate? Go to the prom? Have a first love? Then even more serious ques...
The Miracle of Growing Up with a CHD
June 23, 2015 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBWhen children survived the early heart surgeries of the 1940s, ‘50s and 60s, it was often considered miraculous. It is because of amazing doctors Dr. Robert Gross, Dr. Helen Taussig, Dr. Alfred Blalock, Dr. William Rashkind (and far too many others for me to mention) that we now have over 1 million adult survivors of congenital heart defects in the United States alone. Today’s show is The Miracle of Growing Up with a Congenital Heart Defect and features Diane Pucci, an adult born with a conge...
A Miracle in Pakistan
June 16, 2015 04:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBSeason Five of "Heart to Heart with Anna" has focused on miracles that happen in the congenital heart defect community. The first 4 shows were all about miracles that took place in the United States of America. Today's show will feature a very special dad in Pakistan who has not only witnessed miracles, but who has been partially responsible for these miracles occurring. What happens when you live in a country that doesn't have a hospital to treat children with heart defects -- especially whe...
Mary Beth Miller's Miracle Story
June 09, 2015 04:00 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBSometimes a person is with us for only a short period of time and yet that person leaves a legacy that touches others forever. That is the case with little Mary Beth Miller. Tune in to her her mother and father talk about her life, the miracles they witnessed and how one little girl influenced others to pass a law to save countless other babies born with the number one birth defect -- which often goes undetected until it's too late. What makes a parent decide to talk to lawmakers with the hop...
Miracle of a CCHD Baby's Survival
June 02, 2015 04:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBWhat happens when you are a nurse and the father of a child who is perfectly healthy when all of a sudden you are the father of a baby with a chronic illness but nobody believes you when you say something is wrong? What lessons can be learned from a situation like that? What events transpired? How is it that the baby's survival could be viewed as a miracle? What conditions existed to allow the "miracle" to occur? Frank Jaworski is a certified registered nurse anesthetist who experienced this ...
The Miracles of Adoption
May 26, 2015 04:00 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MBThere are hundreds of thousands of children awaiting adoption around the world. In the United States alone, according to the Adopt America Network, there are 130,000 children in the U.S. foster care system waiting to be adopted. Children are awaiting adoption for many reasons.Children with medical issues can be more difficult to place with adoptive families. While adopting a child with special medical needs can be frightening, it can also be the answer to prayer. Adoptive parents have a chanc...
A Twin Miracle!
May 19, 2015 04:00 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBHaving twins seems like a miracle all by itself, but our Guest, Kathy Kolodzinski has a remarkable story to share. Listen to her as she shares the miracle of birth, how her son's undiagnosed congenital heart defect could have taken his life shortly after birth and how one decision, different than she made with the birth of her other children, just might have contributed to the miracle in her son's life. To read about the story of Kathy's birth experience, check out her blog: http://lovinlife...
Lars Andrews on Cardiac Athletes™
April 21, 2015 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.7 MBCardiac athletes are all around us. There are athletes who develop heart problems or who discover, after they have been athletes for a while, that there heart has some imperfections that may require surgery and there are people who were born with heart defects who have a great desire to become an athlete and to enjoy the benefits of regular exercise. Lars Andrews, a cardiac physiologist, has created a website and an organization to eradicate heart disease. His organization serves thousands of...
How CPS Almost Destroyed a Heart Family
April 14, 2015 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBChild Protective Services is supposed to help children who may be neglected or abused but what kind of damage can they exact when they interfere with a family who has a child with a complicated medical history -- including a congenital heart defect?How could this organization pull a family apart? Did the child’s congenital heart defect play a pivotal role in CPS’ decision to remove that child from the family? How can other families safeguard their own families from a similar event occurring?W...
In Utero Surgery for Babies with HLHS
April 07, 2015 04:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBNow, more than ever before, parents are finding out in utero if their baby will be born with some kind of congenital birth defect. One potentially fatal congenital heart defect is hypoplastic left heart syndrome (or HLHS). According to Texas Children's Hospital, this occurs in about 1 in 6,000 live births when the fetus's left side of the heart does not develop normally. Boston Children's Hospital led the way for babies diagnosed in utero with HLHS by creating an in utero procedure to reduce ...
Twins in the CHD Community
March 31, 2015 04:00 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MBHaving twins is a very special occurrence since it doesn't happen all that often. What happens when you have twins but one, or both of them, have a congenital heart defect? How does that affect other children in the same family? Will you be able to breastfeed your twins? Today's guests can answer those questions since both are moms of heart-healthy children and children born with critical congenital heart defects. Tune in to hear Kathy Kolodzinski and Roxanne Montalvo-Tsai tell their stories ...
Unlocking the Mysteries of CHDs
March 24, 2015 04:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBDr. Woody Benson has been practicing in the field of pediatric cardiology for 43 years. He is a pioneer in the field of pediatric electrocardiology and for the last 20 years he has been training or researching the molecular genetics of pediatric heart disease. Clearly few pediatric cardiologists have experienced or even been partially responsible for some of the amazing changes we have seen in pediatric cardiolgy like Dr. Benson has. Tune in to hear Dr. Benson talk about the changes he has se...
Living with Congenital Heart Defects
March 17, 2015 04:00 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBTed and Mary Kay Klein will talk about how their daughter, Karen Klein McNulty, inspired them to become involved in the CHD community and how Karen had the insight to develop an organization specifically for adults with congenital heart defects. Tune in as Ted and Mary Kay discuss their upcoming conference, who the guest speakers will be and what topics will be covered. Don't forget to check out the Heart to Heart with Anna website for a direct link to register for the "Adults with CHD: Body,...
Wild Things! When ACHDers Rebel
March 10, 2015 04:00 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MBBeing born with the most common birth defect still means you're not like everyone else. Going through the teen and young adult years is difficult for everyone, but it's even more difficult for survivors of congenital heart defects. Unlike their peers, Survivors frequently have to take medication, have to see their cardiologist regularly and sometimes even have to have additional surgery. What happens when a teen or young adult has had enough!? How do teens with congenital heart heart defects ...
ECMO Success for Babies with CHDs
March 03, 2015 05:00 - 32 minutes - 15 MBSometimes our littlest heart heroes need extraordinary help in order to survive. One of the most extraordinary machines used to save our babies born with congenital heart defects is known as ECMO which stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. This is a special machine that takes blood from the body, oxygenates it using an artificial lung, and pumps it back into the body using an artificial heart. ECMO is similar to a heart/lung bypass machine used in open heart surgery, but can be used...
Kids w/CHDs Falling Between the Cracks
February 24, 2015 05:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBIt is not uncommon for children who have undergone open-heart surgery to have some developmental delays. Are these delays severe enough for them to qualify for special services? What happens when our children with congenital heart defects have developmental issues, but they aren't delayed enough to qualify for Early Childhood or Special Education programs? What recourse do parents have? Will insurance cover the cost if the school district will not? Listen to today's show for answers to these ...
Hope for Heart Babies Diagnosed In Utero
February 17, 2015 05:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBWhat happens when you are pregnant and go in for a routine ultrasound only to discover your baby has a heart defect? How do you handle the news? What options are you given? Even though congenital heart defects are the number one birth defect, there aren't many people who talk about it and it's not a widely known fact. Today we'll talk with three mothers who have been there -- who found out in utero, not only that their babies would be born with a heart defect, but that they would be born with...
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness 2015!
February 10, 2015 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBCongenital heart defects (or CHDs) are the number one birth defect and yet, this is one of the best-kept secrets! How do members of the CHD community change all of that? Our Guests today include a young woman born with a critical congenital heart defect and her mother. For over 30 years this dynamic duo have been dealing with congenital heart defects -- beating the odds and surviving at a time when most babies didn't make it. Listen today as my Guests tell us what they are doing to raise awar...
Silent Cries: Moving from Philanthropist
February 03, 2015 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBCongenital heart defects are the number one birth defect yet there are few movies depicting members of the congenital heart defect (CHD) community or CHD themes. "Silent Cries" is a movie written by the father of a child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. What makes "Silent Cries" so touching is how it has brought the CHD community together in ways unforeseen when it was first conceptualized. One of the ways it has brought people together is by turning its key handlers from being a philant...
Interviewing the Inventor of MyHeartApp
January 27, 2015 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13 MBWhat happens when you're born with a congenital heart defect but have the opportunity to lead a normal, healthy life until you reach adulthood but then your whole world gets upended when your heart becomes the focus of your existence? How can a person go from feeling just like everyone else to realizing her heart is special and unique and that it also needs tender, loving care? What's a person in a high-stress, corporate world position to do? If you're Christine Courtelis, it just might be t...
Expressions from the Heart on HeartWire
January 06, 2015 05:00 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MBWhen a person is born with a broken heart, parents must face a multitude of decisions -- many life-threatening and terrifying. As children age, they themselves become aware of their heart problems and face their own mortality. Many of us in the heart defect community (CHD) have faced the death of loved ones or friends. How does being a member of the CHD community take a toll on its members? What are some ways we can deal with the trauma that we must face? One way is through art therapy or mus...
Saving a Life from Sudden Cardiac Death
December 30, 2014 05:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBWhat kills 1000 people a day or one person every two minutes? What kills more people annually than breast cancer, lung cancer and HIV/AIDs combined? What is one event that kills most of the people who suffer from it, but who could possibly be saved? The answer is sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).Today's show will be about the survivor of, not one but over 140 sudden cardiac arrests, and his wife. We'll learn why he has suffered so many SCAs, even though he is a relatively young, otherwise healthy...
Saving a Life with Infant CPR
December 23, 2014 05:00 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MBInfant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is not usually done for the same reasons that adults have CPR performed on them. Whereas adult CPR is very commonly performed for sudden cardiac arrest, infant CPR may need to be performed in a number of situations. Who should learn Infant CPR? Why is it important? Who is qualified to perform Infant CPR? What resources are available online to help people learn CPR? Our Guests today, Ryan and Tarah Eland, know firsthand the importance of Infant CPR. F...
Living with cc-TGA (heart defect)
December 16, 2014 05:00 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBThe most common cyanotic congenital heart defect that presents in the first month after birth is transposition of the great arteries (TGA) -- dextro-TGA (d-TGA) and levo-TGA (l-TGA) or congenitally corrected TGA (also known as cc-TGA). Because cc-TGA is rarer than d-TGA, it's not often spoken about. On this show we'll have two adult survivors with cc-TGA talk about what it's like living with cc-TGA, how it's affected their lives and what advice they have for parents of babies with cc-TGA. S...
Living with Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
December 16, 2014 05:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBThe most common cyanotic congenital heart defect that presents in the first month after birth is transposition of the great arteries (TGA) -- dextro-TGA (d-TGA) and levo-TGA (l-TGA) or congenitally corrected TGA (also known as cc-TGA). Because cc-TGA is rarer than d-TGA, it's not often spoken about. In this episode, we'll have two adult survivors with cc-TGA talk about what it's like living with cc-TGA, how it's affected their lives and what advice they have for parents of babies with cc-TGA...
Forever Young: Brain Injury & CHDs
December 09, 2014 05:00 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBChildren who are born with complex congenital heart defects and require open-heart surgery in the first year of life are more at risk for having brain injuries which will result in problems learning speech, language and academic skills. Who is most at risk? Are there certain heart defects that result in more learning problems later than others? What can parents do to help their children who have to have open-heart surgery before their first birthday? Today's Guest, will discuss these issues a...
Surviving Holidays After Losing a Child
December 02, 2014 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBCongenital heart defects claim far too many Heart Warriors' lives. It is a leading cause of death amongst newborns and consequently, there are a lot of bereaved parents suffering the loss of their precious babies. How does a parent survive the loss of their child for even one day, much less during the holiday season? Join us on Heart to Heart with Anna as we debunk some common myths about losing a child, gain some valuable advice from two mothers who have been there and talk about some health...
Parenting Changes: When CHD Kids Grow Up
November 25, 2014 05:00 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBSo many of us parents were told that our children wouldn't survive to adulthood decades ago. It's a different world now, with most children born with congenital heart defects having better surgeries and better outcomes than ever before! But what about the transitions parents have to make? As our CHD Warriors go from being children to adults, how does our relationships change? What about medical decisions? What happens when children don't want parents making medical decisions for them? What ha...
Teen and Young Adults w/CHDs Rebellion
November 18, 2014 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBIt seems that most teens and young adults go through a normal period of rebellion. Some only grow out their hair (or get it cut in some trendy fashion), others get tattoos or piercings. It's common for young adults and teens to experiment with alcohol, even before they should do so legally. What happens when the person rebelling was born with a congenital heart defect? Today's show will feature two Guests who were born with critical congenital heart defects who went through a period of rebell...
Natural Medicine for CHD Survivors
November 11, 2014 05:00 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MBIs it safe to use nontraditional medicine with babies and children who were born with congenital heart defects? Do others in the heart community use nontraditional medicine? Why would a parent consider using complementary and alternative medicine with their children born with heart defects? Today's show will feature Carolyn Harrington, the owner of Maty's Healthy Products. Carolyn is the mother of Maty, a daughter who was born with a congenital heart defect and who has had several open-heart...
Natural Medicine for CHD Survivors (Remastered)
November 11, 2014 05:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBIs it safe to use nontraditional medicine with babies and children who were born with congenital heart defects? Do others in the heart community use non-traditional medicine? Why would a parent consider using complementary and alternative medicine with their children born with heart defects? This episode features Carolyn Harrington, the owner of Maty's Healthy Products. Carolyn is the mother of Maty, a daughter who was born with a congenital heart defect and who has had several open-heart ...
Adults with Heart Defects on "The Hill"
November 04, 2014 05:00 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBHow can members of the congenital heart defect (CHD) community lobby for change in today's laws in the United States? One thing they can do is to come together as a unified group to speak to their lawmakers and request, in a collective voice, for changes to occur.This is how the Congenital Heart Futures Act came into effect. Members of the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA) organized a coalition of members to storm the Hill together to request more government money being spent on those...
Living with Eisenmenger's Syndrome
October 28, 2014 04:00 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBHave you ever wondered what Eisenmenger's Syndrome is? Who gets it? What are the symptoms? How does it affect a person's body from childhood to adulthood? What changes occur with the aging survivor?Carolyn Robinson, a long-time Eisenmenger Syndrome Survivor will answer these questions and more as she details her life story of being diagnosed with this condition and surviving long enough to become a grandmother! Carolyn is a published author. She wrote an essay entitled "Leading the Troops" fo...
Empowerment Thru Helping Others
October 21, 2014 04:00 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MBAs the parent of a child with a life-threatening heart defect, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the new "heart world" the family is immediately part of. On this show two mothers who have children with critical congenital heart defects (CHDs) will discuss how they became empowered members of the CHD community by tapping into ways to help others in their community. Wayverly Mouse-Evangelista will share how her love of arts and crafts enabled her to find a way to reach out to others in the CHD c...
An Interview with Author Lori M. Jones!
October 14, 2014 04:00 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MBOne of the most helpless feelings in the world is being told your child has a congenital heart defect, will need surgery and will have a lifetime of follow-up appointments and untold future procedures. Some parents have great difficulty dealing with this kind of stress, all parents suffer post-traumatic stress syndrome after they hand their children over to a surgeon without knowing if they'll ever see their children alive again. It takes a really special parent to survive that trauma and the...