Cardiology Stories
Second Chance: Triumphing Over a Rare Disease
Chance Daves wasn’t ready to let his hunting and fishing licenses expire anytime soon. Still active in his late 50s and spending plenty of time outdoors with his grandkids, he was finally realizing the fruits of his long career as a fiber optics engineer. However, in 2021, he began experiencing breathing problems that stopped him at the trailhead.
A Medical Team Fit for a Determined Toddler
Asher was born with congenital heart and airway defects – soft, narrow airways prone to collapsing, a hole in the heart and no pulmonary artery – the main artery that supplies his lungs with blood. His toddler-sized chest makes treating these conditions difficult. Doctors surgically implanted a pulmonary artery right after birth, but it pushes on his already weak airways, preventing them from staying open.