Author: Melanie Medina
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We’re Partnering With The Mighty to Help People with Congenital Heart Disease!
We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership that will bring our resources in front of The Mighty‘s wide-reaching readership. We will now have a growing home page on The Mighty and appear on many stories on the site. The Mighty is a story-based health community focused on improving the lives of people facing disease, disorder, mental illness…
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What I Need as a Fontan Parent: From Diagnosis to the Future
We were asked what we needed in the past, what we need now and what we need for the future as a Fontan parent. Here is our response. Upon diagnosis, I needed: Medical professionals to understand that my brain entered fight-or-flight mode the second I heard something was wrong with my baby’s heart. I needed…
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Why Is CHD Awareness So Important?
On the first day of CHD Awareness Week, I have been thinking about what CHD Awareness means — why is it so important? To answer that, I think I have to go back to that very first day when I heard that there was something wrong with my baby’s heart. You see, I read What to…
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Chapter Spotlight: Savannah, Georgia
Typically, new chapters of Mended Hearts form when patients come together and organize. But in the case of Chapter No. 407 in Savannah, Georgia, it was the local hospital that led the charge. Memorial University Medical Center’s head cardiologist, Jeremy London, M.D., and the hospital’s cardiac nurse educator, Janet Steffen, saw the need for a…
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Chapter Spotlight: Houston, Texas
To stay relevant for more than five decades, a Mended Hearts Chapter has to be willing to adapt to meet its members’ needs. Mended Hearts Chapter 38, which serves Greater Houston through five satellites, recently shook up its speaker topics to keep members engaged and coming back. At 55 years old, Chapter 38 is Mended…
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General Conference Information
2017 Mended Hearts Annual Education and Training Conference Nashville, TN July 3 – 7, 2017 Join Mended Hearts members from across the country in Nashville, TN for a week of education, networking and entertainment. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to connect with other chapter members from across the nation. We sincerely hope that…
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A Letter from the 2017 Conference Chair
The Southern Region is pleased to welcome you to the Music City to “Let Freedom Ring…Let Your Heart Sing!” The 65th Annual Mended Hearts Education and Training Conference will be held July 3-7 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee. Designed for all Mended Hearts patients, families, and caregivers, our agenda is filled with…
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Give a Fuller Life
“Give a Fuller Life” is Mended Little Heart’s new and innovative campaign featuring Max Page, a real 11-year-old boy who was born with a CHD. The animated short follows a day in the life of Max. As you pledge more money, Max’s day gets more joyful, the colors become richer, and the music more beautiful.…
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Medical Advisory Board
Dr. Ginnie Abarbanell Charles Berul Jean Anne Connor PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN Kathryn Dodds, MSN, CRNP Willian Dreyer, MD Adrienne Garo, MSN RN-BC Caley Johns Dr. Henri Justino, MD, CM, FRCPC, FACC, FSCAI, FAAP Nadine Kasparian Aaron Kay, MD Christopher Knott-Craig, MD Heather Langlois, LICSW Chris Lindblade, MD Brad Marino, MD Alison Meadows, MD Erica…