Ventricular Septal Defect: Bridget's Story
Learn about the medical care Bridget received at the Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Center prior to her sons’ birth, and about her experience with peripartum cardiomyopathy after giving birth.
Learn about the medical care Bridget received at the Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Center prior to her sons’ birth, and about her experience with peripartum cardiomyopathy after giving birth.
Diagnosed with a ventricular septal defect at 2 days old, Nora had open heart surgery a month later at CHOP's Cardiac Center.
After months of debilitating pain, Laurel found relief, support and healing from the Center for Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Luke Kelly came to CHOP for lifesaving care after being prenatally diagnosed with a type of lung lesion called bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS).
Avery was diagnosed with CHARGE syndrome as an infant, a series of rare genetic birth defects. Airway malformations led her family to CHOP's Airway Disorders Clinic, where she underwent bilateral choanal atresia repair.
Faith was delivered via EXIT procedure and treated for chronic high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Adam Jackson underwent a successful EXIT procedure at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to remove a large congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM).
Logan Ryan underwent an EXIT procedure at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to remove a large congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM).
Before he was even born, Max Nazzaro’s treatment for congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) began at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Roberto Rodriquez Jr. was the first-ever fetal surgery patient at CHOP, undergoing a prenatal procedure to remove a lung lesion in 1995.