Congenital heart disease is no match for this fighter
It’s a Saturday afternoon at Fist Fitness, a boxing gym in Westford, Mass. co-owned by Joe Bellone and Sean Eklund, nephew of the famous “Irish Micky Ward.”
A patron enters, slightly tired from a morning 5K run, but ready for another solid workout. It’s been a few months since she’s trained at the gym, but she remembers all of the motions: left, right, 1-2-3, uppercut–she’s in the zone. Her trainer, Eklund, kneels down to get to her eye level. Twelve-year old Hayden is just under 54” tall.
Hayden Schenck is not your average sixth grader. She has a zest for adventure, a love of math and a mean left hook. Her...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - June 22, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Erin Horan Tags: Our patients’ stories congenital heart defect congenital heart disease Heart Center Source Type: news
VIDEO: Life-saving knitters
An army of Bolivian knitters is helping to save children with a hole in the heart. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
VIDEO: Bolivia's life-saving knitters
An army of Bolivian knitters is helping to save children with a hole in the heart. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This Little Girl With Down Syndrome And Her Baby Sister Will Totally Steal Your Heart
I'd like to introduce you to Ariana, aka "Squishy," the sweet, sassy and seriously adorable 2-year-old that has stolen my heart.
From the moment I discovered her via her mother's Instagram page, it was love at first sight. But it isn't just her chubby cheeks, infectious giggle and megawatt smile that have me captivated -- it's also the fact that Squishy has Down syndrome.
I grew up with a brother who has special needs, so watching Squishy's life unfold in a series of beautiful Instagram photos and videos really hits home for me. Although my brother doesn't specifically have DS, there is something uniquely amazing about ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kristin’s story: From open heart surgery patient to child life specialist
There’s a saying: “Life’s roughest storms prove the strength in our anchors.” I have faced many storms in my life, and my anchors have grounded me with hope and strength.
I was born with complex congenital heart disease. By the time I was 36 hours old, I had been diagnosed with an atrial septal defect (ASD), ventricular septal defect (VSD), double outlet right ventricle, left and right ventricles reversed, dextracardia, mitral valve regurgitation and pulmonary stenosis. For many, this sounds like a long laundry list of defects, but for me and my family it became everyday life.
At 10 days old, I underwent my first...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - February 24, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: Heart conditions Our patients’ stories congenital heart disease Heart Center Source Type: news
Acquired ventricular septal defect: a rare sequel of blunt chest trauma in a 7-year-old boy - Ogunkunle OO, Duru CO, Omokhodion SI, Adebayo BE.
Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most common congenital cardiac lesion encountered worldwide. Only very rarely is it acquired, and causation through blunt injury in a child is extremely rare. A previously healthy 7-year-old boy suffered blunt chest t... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 13, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Joey’s message of hope: Listen to your heart
Five minutes. That’s how long Joey Williams was expected to live – IF he made it to term, which his doctors were not expecting. His mother, Rebecca Williams, received the prognosis when she was 21 weeks pregnant.
Prenatal testing had already revealed that Joey had Down syndrome and a significant type of congenital heart disease in which one of the sides of his heart was underdeveloped. His diagnoses included atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect.
When Rebecca heard the news of her son’s meager life expectancy, she was devastated. Yet she also felt a well of unconditional love grow deep inside her. “...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - February 9, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Erin Horan Tags: Heart conditions Our patients’ stories Source Type: news
Blunt chest trauma resulting in both atrial and ventricular septal defects - Ortiz Y, Waldman AJ, Bott JN, Carlan SJ, Madruga M.
Cardiac septal defects are known complications to blunt chest trauma. The incidence of a traumatic isolated atrial septal defect is unknown and the concurrent occurrence of nonlethal ventricular and atrial septal defects has not been reported. A healthy ma... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Ventricular Septal Defect Therapeutics Clinical Trials Market Review...
This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on...(PRWeb October 12, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/ventricular-septal-defect/clinical-trials-2014/prweb12239991.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - October 12, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A Parent’s View: The Importance of Children’s Hospitals
This story is written by Kerri Vatour and was originally published on the Children’s Hospital Association’s blog.
The first time Boston Children’s Hospital saved my son’s life, he was 21 hours old.
It wasn’t a surprise—Joey had been diagnosed in utero with both a ventricular septal defect (VSD), a hole between the right and left sides of his heart, and a duodenal stenosis, where a portion of the intestine is so constricted that very little can pass through, by doctors in the Advanced Fetal Care Center.
Upon birth, it was obvious that the latter issue would take precedence, and Dr. Smithers worked his ma...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 21, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: All posts Source Type: news
Ventricular Septal Defect
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - July 29, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Nigeria: Breaking Hearts - Can Nigeria Lay Claim to Breakthrough Surgeries
[Daily Trust]L was his name, and his heart was broken. Doctors call it atrial septal defect (ASD)--literally, a hole in his heart. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 28, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Breaking Hearts - Can Nigeria Lay Claim to Breakthrough Surgeries?
[Daily Trust]His name was simply L and his heart was broken. Doctors call it atrial septal defect (ASD)--literally, a hole in his heart. And the surgery to fix the hole is becoming less breakthrough and more routine. It held not in India, Germany or Saudi Arabia, but in a sterile theatre at Garki Hospital in Abuja. The surgeons weren't foreign, with countless heart surgeries under their belt. They were Nigerian surgeons--with names like Miner, Okereke, Sanusi--backed by anaesthesists, scrub nurses, all hovering over L' (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 26, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Delicate Surgery Gives Girl Life and Chance to Swim
[The Star]For every 1,000 children born in Kenya, about eight of them come with heart defects. Anne Wangari says a million questions flashed through her mind when her three-month-old daughter was diagnosed with a " hole" in the heart in 2009. There was also shock, disbelief and denial. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 16, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ventricular Septal Defect
Title: Ventricular Septal DefectCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 6/1/1998 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/14/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Heart General)
Source: MedicineNet Heart General - January 14, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
