How well do you know your CHD Facts? If you are telling your CHD Story, Raising Awareness, or reaching out to the media for CHD Awareness Week, double check your facts. With more Awareness comes more research, and statistics can change from year to year. These are some of the latest Facts & Statistics...
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Happy Thursday Y’all! The weekend is almost here and for that I am VERY Thankful. It has been a long week, I have been struggling to get anything done. I feel overtired, overwhelmed, and under-caffeinated. Their dad is never home, and I am exhausted. Number 6 from 10 Things Tuesday mentioned that I have...
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Today I was thinking about Wee Nut’s first couple of days and weeks after he came home from the hospital after his first open heart surgery. Today is the anniversary of his failed cath procedure at 6 days old. Dr Limm was hoping that he could go in and put a stent in to...
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We had an amazing Mended Little Hearts meeting tonight. Our 3 leaders live in different towns and only really get to see each other once a month. It has always made planning for the group a bit difficult. We had a leaders meeting tonight and were able to sit down and talk about our...
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Mended Little Hearts of Charlottesville’s main purpose is to really focus on inpatient families at UVa. I have met very few families who live locally, most of the families we meet are from several hours away. The past couple of months we have been leaving food at the hospital and trying to figure out...
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I know how completely ineffective it is to try to host a blog hop and not get it posted until the end of the day. That doesn’t usually stop me from trying though. I just got off the phone with some great Mended Little Hearts leaders for Virgina and SW Pennsylvania. I love conference...
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Hard to believe it is Thursday already, this week is flying by! I am so ready for this weekend to get here. I am SO Thankful for all of the help that we got for our Mended Little Hearts CHD Awareness Event and Fundraiser on Monday. And Thankful for all of the people that...
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Today is the first day of CHD Awareness Week. This is the week that we spend even more time raising awareness of congenital heart defects. There are events scheduled all over the country this week. Mended Little Hearts of Charlottesville hosted an event today at the University of Virginia. We had a fabulous time!...
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The Facts * Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects in the United States, affecting approximately 1 in every 111 babies each year. Up to 1.3 million Americans alive today have congenital heart defects. Nearly twice as many children die from congenital heart defects in the U.S. than from all forms of...
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My house is a mess, I have only cleaned my kitchen once this week. Yesterday I feed my kids lunch on paper towels. These same kids may have gone just a little too long without a bath. The good news is that the sickness has almost completely left The Nut House! Even in the...
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Mended Little Hearts of Charlottesville invites you to our CHD Awareness Week Event with a Silent Auction Fundraiser and Bake Sale on Monday February 7th to kick off CHD Awareness Week. We will be in the Dining Conference Rooms 1-3 on the 1st floor of the University of Virginia Medical Center from 9:30am-1:30pm. These...
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Ugh! I can’t believe there is still sickness going around our house! I think we are starting to get better, Owain is definitely much better than he was last night. His fever is way down and he is done throwing himself on the ground crying from discomfort. Tonight Honey Nut was the one who...
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Happy Thursday Y’all! I hope everyone is having a great week! I have been busy this week talking to many wonderful shop owners from Etsy. If you missed my post earlier this week, Mended Little Hearts of Charlottesville is having a CHD Awareness Event and Fundraiser on February 7th. We are collecting donations for...
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If you look over at the sidebar, you can see that there is information about Mended Little Hearts of Charlottesville. I have been a member for about a year and a half and a co-coordinator for close to a year, 9-10 months or something. Time goes by way too fast for me to remember...
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Happy Thursday Y’all! I am getting nothing done this week…except for planting some apple seeds before the died…but aside from that I seem to be struggling to hold on to time. I have found that it feels better to give up than to fight to get anything done. I am Thankful for my ability...
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Today is Cora’s 1st birthday. Cora is an amazing little girl. Cora’s Mama, Kristine Brite, is an amazing mother. Together Cora and Kristine Save Lives. I am sure that you have seen Cora’s button over on the side of my website. Cora’s Story is full of heartbreak and sadness, of strength and weakness, and...
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