NEWS

Winter 2012

“Beautiful Jeanaveve, our first hero to receive one of our Art With Heart envelops! She is excited to write back to her pen pals who sent her love this holiday! This smile is why we do what we do! Mommy was told she couldn’t have any more babies, but I had other plans. When I was a year old, I came down with a nasty cold. Mommy took me to the doctor’s, and he heard a heart murmur. After two ECG’s, I was diagnosed with PAPVR, a congenital heart defect. We didn’t know the severity of it, since they couldn’t get a good enough look at it through the ECG’s and chest X-rays. I had another ECG while I was asleep, and when I was around 2, I had a cardiac catheterization. This past September, when I was 3, I had surgery to put the anomalous vein in the right place. I was very brave and even made some new friends at the hospital. Since then, I’ve been completely cleared and told that I only have to see the cardiologist once a year! I am a hero! Thank you for supporting me!”

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-Felicia Reinhard, Founder