My only hope with creating this blog is to help families of a loved one affected by a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD). I am blessed to have an amazing CHD Baby (Chloe) who has inspired me to help make a difference! This blog is one of MANY out there raising awareness and fighting for our CHD Babies!
Below is a short video with CHD Statistics and photos of Chloe.
Please check back often or subscribe to feeds as I will update the
Research,
Pulse Oximetry and
Blog pages regularly!
Need a fun, after school activity for your kids? A "feel good" project for Girl Scouts or Sunday School? Make a homemade heart drawing for a hospitalized CHD Baby! For more details, please email me at chloesmama1@yahoo.com
To have a photo of a CHD Baby or Adult added to my
Heart Babies page, please email name, birthdate or angel date, CHD type and photo to chloesmama1@yahoo.com.
As a heart mommy, I know what many other heart families are going through. Please feel free to email me or post comments on the blog with any questions, thoughts or feelings you may have. Would love to hear from you!
Thank you to everyone for your support!
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CHD Statistics
- Every fifteen minutes a baby is born with a CHD.
- Congenital heart defects are America’s #1 birth defect. Nearly one of every 125 babies is born with a CHD (almost 1% of all children born each year!).
- Congenital heart defects are the #1 cause of birth defect related deaths. 1 in 3 children who die from a birth defect have a congenital heart defect.
- This year almost 40,000 babies will be born with a congenital heart defect.
- From 1993 to 2003 death rates for congenital heart defects have declined by 31% due to advances made through research!
- There is not yet a preventative cure for any type of congenital heart defect.
- Of every dollar the government spends on medical funding, only a fraction of a penny is directed toward congenital heart defect research.
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