Emily Kopp’s tale of courage: The Journey ahead…
All was going fine. I was going through my routine as normally as possible when suddenly in summers of 2010 I felt light headed and tired. It was summer of 2010…
Emily Kopp’s tale of courage: The Surgery .. The Strength (Part 2)
My chest was being painted with a cleaning solution for my transplant. It tickled and I was rooting more vehemently for the Browns because I was being painted orange. The…
Emily Kopp’s tale of courage: How it started…
My name is Emily Kopp and this is part of my story... It was 2004 and the end of summer when everyone at Thome gymnastics began our nonstop run to…
Cholesterol… and the heart….
Cholesterol helps your body build new cells, insulate nerves, and produce hormones. Normally, the liver makes all the cholesterol the body needs. But cholesterol also enters your body from food,…
Dj’s Hope for hearts… How the journey started!
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. ~Christopher Reeve Lenny Merriman carries a message of hope in his heart and delivers it through an organization initiated after the death of his…
Atrial Fibrillation: A Synoptic Report
Atrial fibrillation (say "A-tree-uhl fih-bruh-LAY-shun") is an irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that starts in the upper parts (atria) of the heart. Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of persistent…
Congenital Heart Disease : A Synoptic overview
Congenital heart disease is a category of heart disease that includes abnormalities in cardiovascular structures that occur before birth. These defects occur while the fetus is developing in the uterus…
Outlining Cardiomyopathy
Pediatric cardiomyopathy is a rare heart condition that affects infants and children. Specifically, cardiomyopathy means disease of the heart muscle (myocardium). Several different types of cardiomyopathy exist and the specific symptoms vary…