Do you see this baby?
this beautiful baby?
I bet you don’t know why he looks like this. You have no idea why there are tubes coming out of every part of his body, why he is hooked up to about 7 different machines that are monitoring everything from heart rate, and blood pressure, to oxygen and brain patterns.He was born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD). A CHD is a defect that you are born with, more than 155,000 babies are born with one or more CHDs a year. That is over 3 times the amount of babies and children affected with cancer in a year. It is estimated that by 2015, over 500,000 children and adults under the age of 21 will be born with a CHD, and have at least one surgery to attempt to fix their defect. Almost one-third of the babies born with a CHD die before they are 8 years old.
Very few people know about Congenital Heart Defects, and there is not much research funds to try to improve the life of children born with these conditions. All I am asking is for you to reblog and get the word out. If more people will know, more people will donate and help support the cause.
By 2025, we want the number of babies born with heart defects to be cut in half - or more.
please don’t just scroll past this. Please read everything, it will only take 90 seconds .
whenever i see this… i have to reblog. I was born with a CHD. I have to take medicing daily because of my CHD and i go to a doctor every 6 months. i had 3 surgeries all before the age of two. and one day, i might have to get a heart transplant. reblog this now.
Reblog this now.
DONT BE HEARTLESS REBLOG THIS NOW
(Source: insanityisawefullyfun)
