It's heart week!!!

I know I previously put this on my blog but since this week is Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week I wanted to share it again. (Look for our little man at about 6 minutes.)



Here are some interesting facts about CHD:
*Every fifteen minutes a baby is born with a CHD.
*Congenital heart defects are America’s #1 birth defect. Nearly one of every 125 babies is born with a CHD (almost 1% of all children born each year!).
*Congenital heart defects are the #1 cause of birth defect related deaths. 1 in 3 children who die from a birth defect have a congenital heart defect.
*This year almost 40,000 babies will be born with a congenital heart defect.
*In the U.S. twice as many children die from congenital heart defects each year than from all forms of childhood cancer combined. Yet funding for research of pediatric cancer is 5 times greater.
*From 1993 to 2003 death rates for congenital heart defects have declined by 31% due to advances made through research!
*There is not yet a preventative cure for any type of congenital heart defect.
*Of every dollar the government spends on medical funding, only a fraction of a penny is directed toward congenital heart defect research.

Just as a little reminder...next Saturday the 20th is Ethan's heart walk/run. Come and support CHD and have some fun doing it!

Last of all I want to encourage ALL of you to sign up to be an organ donor.

Click HERE if you would like more information.