 |
| Natalie after her 4th Open Heart Surgery in October of 2012 |
More CHD Facts...
~In the United States, twice as many children die from congenital heart defects each year than from all forms of childhood cancer combined, yet funding for pediatric cancer research is five times higher than funding for CHD
~Almost half all children and adults with complex congenital heart diseases have neurological and developmetal disabilities
~There is NO fix or cure for CHDs
~Individuals with CHDs often need additioal operation(s) and/or medications as adults. This is true even when they have had a successful repair
~A CHDer is born every 15 minutes in the US
*98% of these facts came from The Children's Heart Foundation and The Adult Congenital Heart Association
No comments:
Post a Comment