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CHD and Finding “The One”

by Lauren Bednarz on Thursday, Nov 29, 2018

My husband, Chris, and I have been together 10 years and married almost seven. Some days I still can’t believe I found my soulmate and very best friend. I’m so grateful and blessed to have him in my life.

When I was born 31 years ago I was supposedly a healthy baby girl, but at 10 weeks old and in heart failure, I was diagnosed with complex congenital heart defects: tricuspid atresia, hypoplastic right ventricle, and ventricular septal defect. Medical technology to help save us complex CHDers was still so “new,” and my parents were living moment to moment never dreaming that 31 years later I would be happily married and living a wonderful full life despite all the challenges I have faced.

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