Heart Surgery

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I was going through some news this week and I found a history that make me happy. I smile because I know that I'm exactly where I want to be and I know for certain that I choose the correct path. I always believe that we, humans, live with purpose and we are in this world to help bright others life. My hero this week is Frank Hanley. Hanley is chief of pediatric cardiac surgery at the hospital's Children's Heart Center. This past fall Hanley bright the Bracebridges family who were traveling to find help with a rare condition that little Alex Bracebridges was suffering. Alex was born with a rare heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, which consist of several related defects present at birth. ToF occurs in about 1 of every 1,000 babies because of abnormal development of the fetal heart during the first eight weeks of pregnancy. In infants like Alex with the most complex form of this condition, the blood vessels that should connect the heart to the lungs instead connect the lungs to the aorta (body's main artery), and the heart has a hole in the wall separating its lower chambers(ventricles). Dr.Hanley performed a unifocalization to address the lingering pulmonary artery problems. Alex also has a dangerous bulge on his pulmonary artery called a "pseudoaneurysm", caused by high ling blood pressure, which Hanley successfully removed. The surgery was done in 12 hours but the results were worth it. Alex showed dramatic improvements in his pulmonary blood pressure and blood flow almost immediately Dr.Hanley has helped Alex and thousands of other children with serious heart conditions lived that now lived normal lives. Alex parents nowadays just have gratefully words, they said that their greatest hope is for Alex to live a long, healthy, high quality life, which they believe is possible because of Dr.Hanley and they said that Alex's future is so much brighter.