
When Madi was 18 months old, her nurse practitioner discovered a heart murmur during a regular checkup. After seeing a cardiologist and undergoing an EKG and echocardiogram, Madi was diagnosed with atrial septal defect (ASD).
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After being diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) as an infant, Noah underwent his first open heart surgery at just 6 months old in his home state of West Virginia. Major complications led him to UPMC Children’s Hospital via medical helicopter where he would spend the next 290 days receiving expert care.