Kholson was born with complex congenital heart defects, including tricuspid atresia and transposition of the great arteries. With expert care from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology, he’s thriving and inspiring hope for other heart warriors.
Elena was born with dextro‑transposition of the great arteries (D‑TGA), a complex congenital heart defect, and underwent life‑saving arterial switch surgery as a newborn. Now thriving as a teen with big dreams and a full life, her journey shows the resilience of heart warriors and the power of expert pediatric cardiac care.
Born with a complex congenital heart defect, Casey survived infancy and now — 21 years later — is thriving, attending college, playing sports, and proving that pediatric heart warriors can live full lives.
Eight-year-old Rudy’s mom, Heidi, said her family’s world was flipped upside down when her son had three open heart surgeries in two years to correct his CHDs. But she looks at him today and sees strong little boy who loves…
After a typical pregnancy and uneventful delivery, Holly and Dan didn’t expect to be doing anything other than enjoying the birth of their second daughter with their family. But just hours after Annabelle’s birth, they discovered she had a rare…
Even before Everleigh Faith came into the world, her name marked her as a miracle child who would overcome great obstacles. Diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, Pulmonary Atresia and MAPCAS (Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries), her congenital heart disease (CHD) journey…
Although heart warrior journeys sometimes start out in unexpected ways, watching their children overcome great challenges never fails to inspire parents and families, as well as the providers who care for them. Mahnya, whose twin daughters were born at 32…
Lisa learned at 22 weeks pregnant that her son had a set of serious congenital heart defects called Truncus Arteriosus, Aortic Arch Interruption and ventricular septal defect (VSD). Knowing very little about the CHD world at that point, she set…
When Sienna’s parents look back on her two short years as a heart warrior, one word comes to mind: Resilience. During Shannon’s pregnancy, a prenatal echocardiogram showed that Sienna possibly had Coarctation of the Aorta (COA), which was confirmed immediately…
When Jason and Caroline set off for the hospital to give birth to their son, they were thinking mostly of the normal things: how they’d handle feeding, what he’d wear when he came home from the hospital and the logistics…