When Tita Escobar was five months pregnant, doctors broke the kind of news no expecting parent wants to hear; her baby would be born with a heart condition and might not survive past birth. After a high-risk pregnancy, baby Tony arrived into the world. Tita had mere seconds to hold him before Tony was quickly rushed into the intensive care … Read more
Born with a congenital heart defect, Josie Pina had surgery as an infant. Today she’s a thriving 10-year-old and walks to raise awareness for heart health.
My son, Jacob Baker, was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and a intact atrial septum. He spent his first few years of life having multiple life-saving surgeries. By four months old, Jacob had endured two open-heart surgeries, multiple heart caths, a g-tube surgery and many other procedures. By age 3 he had already had … Read more