-February 7-14 2012-CHD WEEK at PCMC
-February 9 2012-Non Profit Day on the Hill at Capitol Hill. This is a day set aside for non profit groups, such as IHH to have a chance to be heard! We will focus on newborn pulse ox screening…more info to come.
-March 19 2012, 1pm at Cliff Lodge at Snowbird-Conference on Congenital Cardiovascular Disease Open Forum. The Cardiology department has invited anyone who is interested to come and be a part of the forum. They will take time to answer our questions as well as ask us question. In the letter sent to IHH “I will assure you that we have a panel of clinicians including surgeons, cardiologists, and other medical specialists that may be able to add a unique prespective to the discussion”.
IHH was in the news last week. Check out the article in the Daily Herald through the link below:
Health Department promoting heart defects awareness
Listing of the 2012 Intermountain Healing Hearts Events
The Heart Hero DVD will be available soon for purchase. You can pre-order your copy through paypal, click on the donation tab. Those who pre-order can plan on picking them up at the 5K.
Thanks!
Heart Mom Luncheon for all mother’s of children with heart defects (living and/or angels), wives, women with a heart defect and ONE guest
Bryson is our MVP
THREE-YEAR-OLD BRYSON Quinney of Lyman takes a practice swing during the Make A Wish home run derby last week.
A Utah musician who has been waging a fight against heart disease has finally received the new heart that may save his life.
Here is the link to the Wall Street Journal article that was referenced during the Symposium at the Heart Camp.
Salt Lake Tribune
January 22, 2008
Mike Patton Jr. remembers the agony he went through after learning his soon-to-be born daughter had a heart defect.
Brinley Patton’s heart was smaller than an almond when an ultrasound detected a problem just 22 weeks into Rebecca Patton’s pregnancy. “It’s kind of like being tied to the railroad tracks and the train is coming. I had never heard of a baby’s heart defect,” said Patton, of Riverton. “The feeling and emotion of the whole thing was one of loneliness and no support whatsoever.”
Today, Patton and Carolyn …
Heart defects among infants
Saturday, 09 February 2008
Janice Peterson – DAILY HERALD
Stores around the country have red hearts in windows and Valentine’s sales aplenty in anticipation of Feb. 14, but families across America will also be commemorating Congenital Heart Defect Week. Heart defects are one of the most common problems for infants at birth, with approximately one in 125 children affected.
The rate in Utah is about 6.3 per 1,000. Bonnie Midget, director of public relations for Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, said 300 babies with the problem were …