THE MAGAZINE OF ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021
YOUR GIFTS
MATTER Because of you, triplet Gracelynn Beck receives life-saving heart care at Arkansas Children’s.
You Make a Difference Dear Champion for Children, Now more than ever, your support helps Arkansas Children’s provide expert pediatric care during hundreds of heart patient visits each year. February is “Heart Month,” and this issue of Champions celebrates the compassion you show for our patients and families with your generous gifts. With your help, Arkansas Children’s is committed to making children’s lives better through expert, cutting-edge cardiovascular care. You met 5-year-old triplet Gracelynn Beck on the front cover. Gracelynn has battled chronic heart and lung disease since she was a toddler. But thanks to you, Arkansas Children’s has been with her and her mom, Sheralyn, every step of the way. You can read this spunky little girl’s inspiring story on pages 4–5. Turn to pages 6–7 to read about 5-year-old Sloan Ferguson and how your support helps this “tiny in size, but mighty in spirit” little miracle receive continued, lifesaving heart care. And you’ll receive a bonus—another member of Sloan’s family also receives heart care at Arkansas Children’s, only because of you! On pages 8–9, you’ll learn about baby Nyla who, along with her twin sister Nia, received life-saving care in the neonatal intensive care unit at Arkansas Children’s. Because of your generous support, Nia is thriving. And Nyla, who was born with a severe heart defect, is still receiving care in the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU) at Arkansas Children’s. And finally, a little girl who inspires a community to help “other little girls and boys like her” receive life-saving cardiac care at Arkansas Children’s. Turn to pages 10–11 to read about Eloise “Wheezy” Owen and how her indomitable spirit brings a group of people together every February for two hours and one mile for half a heart. Your thoughtful support of Arkansas Children’s impacts children’s lives every day. Because of you, Arkansas Children’s champions children by making them better today and healthier tomorrow. Thank you for having a heart for kids!
Arkansas Children’s Foundation Board of Directors Chair Jason LaFrance* Vice Chair Jake Nabholz* Treasurer Charles B. Whiteside III* President Fred Scarborough, CFRE* Ritter Arnold Sharon Bale Nancy Benton Ginger Blackmon Frances Buchanan Stuart Cobb Steve Davison Marcy Doderer, FACHE* Harry C. Erwin III* Kim Fowler Sharilyn Gasaway* Robin George* Sonja Yates Hubbard Brandi Joplin Mandy Macke Jim McClelland Barbara Moore Beverly Morrow Cindy Murphy Marshall Ney Lynn Parker Terry Quinn Sue Redfield Kate Schaffer
Fred Scarborough, CFRE President, Arkansas Children’s Foundation Chief Communications Officer & Development Officer, Arkansas Children’s Executive Vice President, Arkansas Children’s
Jennifer Schueck Michael Shelby Belinda Shults* Isaac Smith Claudia Strange Celia Swanson Joe Tucker Emeritus Director
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Henry Rogers, MD *Executive Committee Current as of January 1, 2021
Your Heart for Kids Your support helps provide cardiac care for patients at Arkansas Children’s Hospital through updated cardiac catheterization labs.
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n addition to traditional methods of heart care such as open-heart surgery, Arkansas Children’s provides a procedure called cardiac catheterization (heart cath) to diagnose and treat children with heart conditions. During a heart cath procedure, a thin, flexible tube is passed into the left or right side of the heart through the arm, neck or groin. Doctors use the heart cath to diagnose or evaluate problems with the heart, including congenital heart defects. In some cases, the heart cath can also be used to treat heart disease.. This minimally invasive procedure allows our young patients to experience less time under anesthesia, recover more quickly and spend fewer days in the hospital. All this leads to better health outcomes for these vulnerable patients suffering from complex heart issues. Thanks to you, the larger spaces—opening in February 2021—will be outfitted with the most up-to-date equipment. They have been relocated to the same floor as the cardiovascular intensive care unit and the cardiac operating rooms, allowing reduced transport time for critical patients. And the addition of a shortterm, pre- and post-anesthesia patient-care area will allow a single point of entry and discharge for same-day procedures, enhancing safety and patient experience.
The impact of your gifts on patients receiving heart care at Arkansas Children’s Hospital:
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SPECIALLY TRAINED PHYSICIANS perform cath lab procedures
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Support, Encourage & Heal With your help, triplet Gracelynn Beck fights heart and lung disease at Arkansas Children’s. BY KYRAN PITTMAN
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heralyn Beck vividly remembers her breaking point. Her toddler Gracelynn was an inpatient at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) suffering from chronic lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. The pulmonologist was not telling Sheralyn what she desperately wanted to hear—that she and her daughter could soon return home. “Stresses and emotions were high,” Sheralyn remembers. “I told Gracelynn’s doctor, ‘I have three kids. I am only being a mommy to one of them, and I’ve got to be able to be mom to all three again. I can’t keep doing this.’” Sheralyn’s breaking point became a turning point when the physician sat next to her and, one parent to another, told her about his own special-needs child. “I felt like he understood why I was pushing. It changed things. From then on, we began to have a real relationship.” It’s one of many cherished relationships Sheralyn fostered at ACH during Gracelynn’s extended stays. Sheralyn was only 25 weeks into her pregnancy when the triplets
GRACELYNN BECK AGE 5 BENTON Left to right: 1) Gracelynn with her dad, Jason, at ACH; and 2) Gracelynn shares a sweet moment With a member of her ACH care team.
were born. Gracelynn, who weighed just 1 lb., 8 oz., was the healthiest of her siblings. As a premature triplet, Gracelynn spent 89 days in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). According to her mom, the stay in the NICU was “relatively smooth sailing.” Then, at 18 months old, Gracelynn was rushed to the Emergency Department at ACH with flu and a respiratory tract infection called RSV. Gracelyn was admitted and put on ECMO—a machine, used in criticalcare situations, that allows the blood to bypass the heart and lungs, giving them time to heal—for five days. She spent several months in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at ACH before finally going home to Benton. “We thought the worst was over,” says Sheralyn. But then, just after Thanksgiving 2018, an ordinary cold sent Gracelynn back to ACH. Sheralyn was home alone with the 3-year-old triplets when Gracelynn began having respiratory distress. Sheralyn called ACH and was grateful for the sense of calm and control the ACH Angel One ambulance team imparted when they arrived on the scene.
This time, Gracelynn was on ECMO for 10 days and would spend six months in the PICU. Sheralyn and her husband, Jason, then made the decision to proceed with a tracheostomy. The procedure allowed Gracelynn to receive ventilation without being sedated, but she had to re-learn to walk. It took a few months, but once on her feet again, Gracelynn was up and running—literally—with Sheralyn trying to keep up while holding Gracelynn’s feed pole and oxygen tank. During almost a full year in the hospital, the PICU staff became a “second family,” says Sheralyn. “They supported me, cried with me, held my hand. I’ll never forget the moment Gracelynn was put on ECMO for the second time. One of the nurses who had been with us the first time came up to me. She walked with me to the waiting room and said, ‘There are no words to say, but just know I’m right here.’ That meant everything to me.” Another moment that sticks with Sheralyn was when Gracelynn’s siblings, Nataleigh and Nolan, came to see their fellow triplet in the hospital.
The PICU staff made it possible for the family to visit in the atrium—a bright, airy part of the hospital filled with plants, giant mobiles hanging from the ceiling and kid-savvy sculptures— where the siblings could see each other in a less scary setting. The special visit in the atrium required a doctor, a nurse and a respiratory therapist to accompany Gracelynn, recalls Sheralyn. “It was a huge inconvenience for them, but they didn’t rush us. They just sat to the side and let us be a family for a moment.” Today, Gracelynn is a spunky 5-yearold who still keeps her mom running. She uses a ventilator at night, but a recent sleep study suggests she may be able to come off of it very soon. “Gracelynn has no limits,” laughs Sheralyn. “She does everything she wants to do, even if I wish she would take it a little easy sometimes—she keeps me on my toes!” Sheralyn says they wanted to serve as Arkansas Children’s Ambassadors to “help people see that Arkansas Children’s Hospital isn’t a sad place. They support, encourage, and heal. Everyone is there because they care.”
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Mighty in Spirit
Because of you, 5-year-old Sloan Ferguson continues on the path to a healthier tomorrow.
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risten Ferguson was planning to spend a pleasant afternoon in Little Rock—a nice lunch followed by shopping for baby supplies—after a prenatal test. It was a September day in 2015 and Kristen had driven from her home in Jonesboro to Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) for a fetal echocardiogram. It was a routine, but necessary, precaution since her husband, Brock, had a congenital heart defect that was corrected in infancy at ACH. But Kristen wasn’t worried—she’d had a fetal echo with her first son, Graham, four years earlier. That appointment had shown nothing but a perfectly healthy baby boy, and she was expecting her second bundle of joy to be the same. But Kristen’s plans—and her family’s lives—were about to change. The echocardiogram showed the 6
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baby had a complex heart defect with multiple problems that would affect the flow of blood between his heart and lungs. “I didn’t hear anything after that,” says Kristen. “I was in shock.” Kristen’s birth plan changed. She would now deliver in Little Rock instead of Jonesboro so the baby could be transferred quickly to ACH. While the team at ACH continued to monitor the baby’s development as the pregnancy progressed, there would be no way to know exactly what to expect until he was born. They needed to be prepared for anything. At Kristen’s 36-week checkup in December, her obstetrician informed her she was already having contractions. The baby was on his way. Sloan was born at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he was immediately
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prepared for ambulance transport to ACH. Since Sloan was stable, the Angel One team gave Kristen a cherished moment to hold her newborn son. But soon, Brock and Sloan were on their way to ACH. Initially, Sloan’s blood supply and breathing looked good. The plan was to keep him at ACH a couple of weeks to make sure he was growing and eating well. Then, if all went well, he could go home to Jonesboro until he was robust enough for heart surgery at 6 months old. Once again, things didn’t go according to plan. On Christmas Eve, family members brought 4-year-old Graham to the hospital so the family could be together to open Christmas presents. After the visit, Brock went home to prepare for Christmas morning, and Kristen stayed behind with Sloan. She thought he seemed
From left: 1) Sloan with a member of the Angel One transport team; 2) at ACH; 3) with Dr. Brian Reemtsen, chief cardiothoracic surgeon at ACH; 4) with parents, Kristen and Brock; and 5) with parents and big brother, Graham.
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YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT HELPS “HEART KIDS” GET THE LIFE-SAVING CARE THEY NEED. THANK YOU FOR BEING A CHAMPION FOR PATIENTS LIKE SLOAN! a little fussy. When she changed his diaper and saw bright red blood, she knew something was very wrong. It was discovered that Sloan’s collateral arteries had been sending blood to his lungs, but robbing it from the rest of his organs. Unable to digest his formula, he had a severe septic infection. Kristen asked the cardiologist on call to be honest with her about her baby’s chances. She remembers him telling her that her husband should come back to the hospital. Brock rushed back to Little Rock to stand by Kristen’s side as they watched the ACH team work to save their son’s life over the next 24 hours. The morning after Christmas, Kristen recalls their doctor coming in with the news. “He put his arm around my shoulder and said, ‘It looks like somebody got their Christmas miracle.’”
Sloan was stable and all signs were pointing to recovery. But the newborn continued to experience setback after setback. At just 10 days old, Sloan suffered a perforated bowel and needed an ostomy bag. He coded three times by the end of February. Attempts to partially correct his heart defects sent them back to square one, says Kristen. Sloan’s care team decided they had to risk an open-heart operation. In March, the surgical team took the tiny baby into the operating room to fix his strawberry-sized heart, while Kristen and Brock held their breath and waited with their family for periodic updates. Finally, they received the joyous news— the procedure was a success. After six months, Sloan finally left the hospital at the end of May with oxygen, a feeding tube and an ostomy bag. As he grew into an active toddler,
Sloan returned to ACH for surgery to reconnect his intestines and have a feeding tube placed in his stomach. It was a major milestone. In 2018, Sloan had another surgery to improve his blood flow. For once, things went according to plan, and Sloan was discharged after four days with no complications. Thanks to generous donors like you, Sloan will start kindergarten next year. At 32 pounds, Kristen says he is “tiny in size, but mighty in spirit.” Sloan will need more surgeries as he grows, and his family is grateful to have expert, pediatric heart care in Arkansas. Says Kristen, “We have a wonderful place in our home state that helps people. If it weren’t for everyone at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Sloan would not be here at all.”
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HEART Your heart for kids gives babies like Nyla expert cardiac care at Arkansas Children’s. BY BECKY MCCAULEY
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hen Joyvin Benton and her husband, Reushon Eldridge, learned they were having not one, but two baby girls, they were thrilled. Joyvin, after all, is a twin. She was excited for her daughters to share the same close bond she enjoys with her twin sister, Joycelin. But their excitement was tempered when, 24 weeks into the pregnancy, the couple received terrifying news. One of their unborn babies had a heart defect. Joyvin needed to carry the babies for as long as possible. She was put on bed rest, but just a month later, she began to show signs of distress. “My mother called my younger sister, Ashley, who is an APN (advanced practice nurse),” says Joyvin. “She checked me out, took my blood pressure and said, ‘We need to go the hospital NOW!’” Joyvin was admitted to the hospital where she had planned to give birth. She hoped she could continue to carry the babies...at least to 32 weeks. But when Joyvin’s organs began shutting down due to severe pre-eclampsia, the decision was made to perform 8
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an emergency C-section. The doctor feared Nyla weighed under a pound and may not survive the delivery. “That was a scary moment…it was really frightening to think they might not make it,” says Joyvin. On February 13, 2020, identical twins Nia and Nyla entered the world. At 2 pounds, 5 ounces, and 1 pound, 10 ounces, respectively, Nia and Nyla were considered “micro-preemies.” Micro-preemies often need help to breathe due to underdeveloped lungs, must be fed intravenously or through a tube into their stomach, and are closely monitored in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), usually until their original due date. Joyvin remembers the Angel One ambulance team bringing Nyla to her bedside before whisking her off to the NICU at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). Nia, who was having trouble breathing, remained behind at the hospital with her mom. After seven days, Joyvin was released and was able to visit Nyla at ACH for the first time. Two weeks later, Nia joined her twin at ACH. “The ACH doctors were instrumental in arranging for Nia to
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be at ACH with Nyla,” says Joyvin. “It was wonderful having them right next to each other in the NICU. I could spend more time with them because I didn’t have to run back and forth between two hospitals.” A couple weeks after arriving at ACH, Nia began to thrive. Within a month, she was off oxygen and breathing on her own. In early May, Nia was able to go home with her mom and dad for the first time. But Nyla, whose lungs still weren’t fully developed, was suffering from tetralogy of fallot, a combination of four congenital abnormalities in the heart. And later, they'd find out Nyla also has scimitar syndrome, a heart defect in which the veins do not drain into the proper area of the heart. “Nyla is one of very few people in the world who has both conditions,” says Joyvin. Nyla would remain in the NICU at ACH for another month before she was finally able to join her parents and twin sister. Joyvin and Reushon were so happy to finally have their baby girls at home. But the couple knew critical surgeries loomed in the future for one of their babies.
From left to right: 1) Nyla recovers from heart surgery in the CVICU (cardiovascular intensive care unit) at ACH; 2) Nyla at ACH; and 3) Joyvin with her twin daughters Nyla and Nia in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) at ACH.
“The ACH doctors were instrumental in arranging for Nia to be at ACH with Nyla,” says Joyvin. “It was wonderful having them right next to each other in the NICU. I could spend more time with them because I didn’t have to run back and forth between two hospitals.” On November 13, Nyla had a successful surgery at ACH to repair the tetralogy of fallot. But she has just one functioning lung, and that, in combination with the scimitar syndrome, caused complications—the most serious of which occurred on December 2 around 2 a.m. “The nurse was suctioning Nyla when her heart stopped…she didn’t have a pulse. Suddenly, there were people everywhere. I started begging God to please not take her. The nurse responded very quickly, and the doctor on duty ran down the hall to start CPR. They did CPR on her for six minutes…it was the longest six minutes of my life.” Joyvin says she replays that moment in her head over and over. “It feels just like a nightmare. It was awful…it was really awful. I’m just thankful she’s here with us and, if it had to happen, that she was in the right place—the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU) at ACH.” For now, Nyla remains in the CVICU, being closely monitored for further complications. But Joyvin hopes the family will be together at home again within the next couple of weeks.
Nyla’s experience is not the first time ACH has impacted Joyvin’s family. When she and her twin sister were in sixth grade, their firefighter dad was severely burned while on the job. As the only burn unit in the state, ACH accepts adult as well as pediatric burn patients. And the family-centered care Joyvin is so grateful for today was a critical part of the care her family received at ACH decades ago. “The social workers came to talk to my sisters and me about what we would see and how Dad would look. They used little dolls to show us how he was bandaged. They really tried to make sure we were prepared, that we wouldn’t be traumatized by seeing our father bandaged from head to foot. I’ll never forget that.” Joyvin will also never forget how your generosity has impacted her family in so many ways. “The generous people who support Arkansas Children’s can’t imagine the magnitude of their gifts,” says the grateful mom. “Being at ACH and seeing not only the people caring for these kids but also the
resources and equipment, like the 3D printer that made a model of Nyla’s heart so the doctors could be as prepared as possible for her dangerous surgery. I don’t want Nyla to be in the hospital. But if she has to be, ACH is the best place for her.” Little Nyla is holding her own, but has an uncertain future ahead. After she’s released from ACH, she will be followed very closely by the pulmonology and cardiology departments at ACH. She will take several daily medications, and may need additional surgeries as she grows. But Joyvin and Reushon are comforted by the fact that they have ACH so close—and they know they have you to thank for it. And that special bond between twins that Joyvin was hoping for her girls? Before Nyla returned to ACH for surgery in November, Joyvin says, “They love to hold each other’s hands and kiss on each other…it’s the cutest thing ever. I feel like when Nia sees Nyla again, she’s going to be like, ‘Hey! Where have you been?’ And Nyla’s going to be like, ‘You don’t even want to know!’”
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BEAUTY OUT OF THE ASHES Community turns tragedy to triumph through togetherness, dedication and love for a little girl. BY BECKY MCCAULEY
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y the age of 9, Eloise Ann “Wheezy” Owen had endured more challenges than most people do in a lifetime. When she was just a few days old, Eloise was rushed to Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) where she was diagnosed with a devastating heart defect—hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). With HLHS, the left ventricle of the heart never fully forms. In other words, Eloise was born with half of a heart. Eloise had four open-heart surgeries and would need a heart transplant, but she never let her health difficulties slow her down. Early on, her parents, Sarah and Clayton, made the decision to encourage Eloise to live life to the fullest…and that's what she did. Eloise participated in just about every activity her school had to offer. She took seven years of dance, and she did it all—ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical and tumbling classes. Eloise loved to be on stage, and her competitive spirit made her a 10
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“force to be reckoned with” on the basketball and volleyball courts. “Eloise approached life as she approached dance—wide open!” says Sarah. “Fear was not in her vocabulary.” Tragically, in January 2016, Eloise passed away before she could receive a new heart. Eloise had a unique combination of heart and lung conditions, and a series of pulmonary hemorrhages proved more than her body could handle. Just one short month later, in February 2016, the first Walk for Wheezy was held in celebration of Eloise’s fierce approach to life. In the midst of the heartbreak, the event was an antidote for the Owen family—which includes Eloise’s brothers, Sam, 17, Abe, 16, and 6-yearold Zeke—and a community reeling from the loss of one of their own. The one-mile walk raises funds to benefit the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU) at ACH. For five years, this event has brought the Central Arkansas community of Cabot together at the local high
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school stadium to show their support for Eloise’s family and each other. To date, Walk for Wheezy has donated more than $250,000 to ACH’s CVICU. It was during Eloise’s funeral visitation that the idea for Walk for Wheezy was born. Darcy Eddington, co-founder and executive director of Walk for Wheezy, remembers being amazed at the number of people attending. “I looked at this incredibly long line of people that stretched outside and said to my daughter, Zoe, ‘We should do something for the community because it’s hurting.’ She said, ‘Like what?’ And I said, ‘Like a walk for Wheezy.’” Darcy and Zoe, who now serves as assistant director for Walk for Wheezy, reached out to Bailey Moses, a former Miss Arkansas contestant who grew close to the
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ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CARDIOVASCULAR INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Visit walkforwheezy.com to register From left: 1) Eloise Ann "Wheezy" Owen; 2) Eloise’s feisty, fun-loving personality; 3) Eloise’s family at Walk for Wheezy in February 2020: Sam, 17, Zeke, 6, Sarah, Abe, 16, and Clayton; 4) Kids from the Cabot community support Walk for Wheezy; and 5) co-founders of Walk for Wheezy from left: Bailey Moses, Darcy Eddington and Zoe Boshears. family when Bailey mentored Eloise through the Miss Arkansas Diamond State Princess program. The Miss Arkansas national platform is Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH), of which Arkansas Children’s is a member. Bailey, who currently serves as public relations director for Walk for Wheezy, remembers Eloise at a Miss Arkansas rehearsal: “She came up to me and said, ‘When I’m Miss Arkansas, my platform is going to be CMNH so I can help little boys and girls like me.’” Eloise’s indomitable spirit is still inspiring her family and her community to carry on with Walk for Wheezy each February. Due to COVID-19, the 2021 event will be held virtually, but sponsors and community members are eager to continue this special tradition of remembering a child who lived her
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life without fear. And organizers are determined Walk for Wheezy will continue its mission. “Just because we can’t meet in person doesn’t mean we stop raising money,” says Bailey. “These kids still need our help. They still need services. They still need care. None of that stops because of a pandemic.” Walk for Wheezy’s mission is close to the hearts of the entire Cabot community—even those who never knew Eloise. Students in the Cabot School District came up with “Wheezy Wednesdays” all on their own. Every Wednesday throughout the school year, kids proudly wear their Walk for Wheezy t-shirts, and now masks, to school. “It means so much to the kids to remember Eloise and to keep helping little boys and girls like her,” says Bailey. In spite of their great loss, Sarah and Clayton are grateful for the
expert, dedicated care Eloise and their family received during their daughter’s life. “Eloise’s medical team at ACH worked tirelessly researching her condition, and discovered Eloise was ‘one of a kind,’” says Sarah. “The combination of her heart and lung issues had never been seen before.” In addition to giving back through Walk for Wheezy, Eloise’s parents also made the selfless decision to donate her heart and lungs to ACH for research. They hope their gift will help find a cure for heart kids like Eloise. “This isn’t the typical ACH success story. We didn’t walk away with our child,” says Sarah. “But through Walk for Wheezy, there’s a success that has only grown and flourished because of her death. I love being able to tell Eloise’s story. Because, although it’s sad, there truly is beauty out of the ashes.”
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