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Congenital Heart Disease

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lacey Mother was Told Daughter Wouldn't 'Live More than a Few Hours'

Jaclyn Hardy of Lanoka Harbor is educating parents across the state about Congenital Heart Disease

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  • Thursday, February 7

Jaclyn Hardy of Lanoka Harbor has become an advocate of education for Congenital Heart Disease since her one-year-old was diagnosed. Today begins Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, an annual awareness effort to help educate the public about Congenital Heart Defects and Hardy is speaking out: Since I last updated you Zoey had her third surgery, this one was open heart to repair her three Ventricular Septal Defects (holes in the heart) and take her Pulmonary band off. Zoey did very well from this surgery. In fact, she was walking two days after Open Heart Surgery and smiling only hours after. Zoey Rhyann Hardy was born on July 11, 2011. On July 17, 2011 she was rushed to JSMC in Cardiogenic Shock. That is where we learned the term CHD …

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Lacey Mother Advocates for National Newborn Screening Awareness Month

Sharon

5:12 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013

She is a miracle baby. She is so cute and courageous little baby. God Bless Zoey and her family for being so strong. Thanks for Sharing . Sharon   more ›

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Lacey Mother Advocates for National Newborn Screening Awareness Month

Zoey Hardy, a Lanoka Harbor baby with Congenital Heart Disease, will be having her second open heart surgery today

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  • Elaine Piniat
  • Thursday, September 6, 2012

Jaclyn Hardy’s 13-month-old baby went in for open-heart surgery today. On Wednesday, the Lanoka Harbor family prepared for what would be their baby’s second of three open-heart surgeries. Staying overnight in close vicinity to the hospital, the surgeons would open Zoey’s chest for the four-and-a-half-hour surgery. Hardy could not help but wonder what pain could have been avoided had the family known sooner that Zoey had Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). “She was born healthy,” Hardy said. “But there’s certain signs now that we didn’t know before that would be indicators of a heart problem.” Six days after she was born, Zoey returned to the hospital. She was sleeping a lot, wasn’t eating and had blue lips, Hardy said. “Something wasn’t right…

Linny

9:37 am on Friday, September 7, 2012

God Bless baby Zoey with good health after this is all over with and also her family with the strength they will need to get through it all.. Prayers are will you all..   more ›

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