50% of children born with heart defects will need heart surgery at sometime in their life. Of the 50%, 35% need surgery in the first month or they die.
Daren is a four month old baby boy from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic who suffers from three congenital heart defects: tricuspid atresia (TA), atrial septal defect (ASD) and ventricular septal defect (VSD). His heart defect was diagnosed at birth by his pediatrician and his family didn’t think he would survive since they didn’t have the money for the corrective surgery. When they found out that ICHF would be able to do the surgery they said it was a blessing from God on his life. Daren received corrective surgery from our Babyheart team!