condition: Double Outlet Right Ventricle

A Scary Time

Stella was born, full-term, on New Year’s Day in 2010. She was a strong, 8lb. 9oz, baby girl with a head full of hair. She seemed healthy and was sent home with us after the standard couple of days in the hospital. Once home, though, we started noticing that she had an unusual way of […]

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Zoey’s Story

Zoey was born 4 weeks prematurely and was taken to the NICU right away. Her esophagus was not connected, her stomach and small intestine weren’t connected together and she had a heart condition that was much worse than an ultrasound during pregnancy had revealed. Strong little Zoey endured two surgeries within the first 72 hours […]

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Kynlee’s Precious Heart

When I was 19 weeks pregnant, my husband and I went in for a routine ultrasound at our local hospital and something seemed to be wrong. The ultrasound tech kept viewing the heart over and over and then decided to go get the radiologist. I immediately saw my OBGYN following the ultrasound and she told […]

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Evan’s Story

Evan’s story began before he was born when an amniocentesis revealed that there were problems with his heart. “Within two weeks we had our first appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Cardiology Clinic for a fetal echo.  During that visit we met with Dr. John Wheller who told us Evan had a very complex heart defect […]

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