Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the #1 birth defect-related killer. Each year more children die from congenital heart defects than from all forms of pediatric cancer combined. There is NO cure for any of the 40 types of defects, and little is known about what causes...
Dan and I are training for The Philadelphia Half Marathon and 8K on November 18th, 2017 and we would love your support! We will be running on behalf of Big Hearts to Little Hearts, an organization who’s mission is to lengthen and improve the lives of congenital heart...
Gianna was diagnosed in utero with Tetralogy of Fallot in April 2014. She was born August 18th in the Special Delivery Unit at CHOP. She underwent open heart surgery 2 days shy of 4 months old (12/16/14)! She rocked her surgery and was home within 3 days. Gianna is...
In November, Matt and I will be running the Philadelphia Marathon on behalf of Big Hearts to Little Hearts. As many of you know, our youngest daughter, Beyah, was diagnosed in utero with a series of critical congenital heart defects in January 2015. Because the...
I will be running the half marathon to raise money and awareness for all the kids with congenital heart defects, especially the patients I work with every day.
