Heart to Heart with Anna

Send us Fan Mail How does a CHD Survivor give back to the heart community? What is the Novick Cardiac Alliance? What is Roslyn's favorite memory of working with the Novick Cardiac Alliance? Tune in to hear the answer to these questions and more! Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter...

Send us Fan Mail Today's show will feature two gentlemen who have suffered from heart failure. Tune in to hear what miracles they've experienced and what advice they have for others. Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website

Send us Fan Mail How difficult is it to go through the teenage years when you have a congenital heart defect? How does having had open-heart surgery set a person apart from their peers? What advice do these Guests have for other teens with congenital heart defects? Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagra...

Send us Fan Mail Are children with critical congenital hearts able to play sports? What kinds of extra-curricular activities interest heart defect survivors? What can parents do to help their children born with broken heart do to help them enjoy sports? Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitt...

Send us Fan Mail What heart defect did Fox news anchor Bret Baier's baby have? How did Bret Baier and his wife Amy react to having a child with a critical congenital heart defect? Tune in to hear the answer to these questions and more! Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube We...

Send us Fan Mail How does a parent survive losing a child to a congenital heart defect? What keeps parents living even when they feel their own hearts will break? Tune in to hear 3 mothers' tales of survival after loss. Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website

Send us Fan Mail How does a long-time Canadian Survivor of congenital heart defects negotiate the medical system? What is healthcare like in Canada? How does Carolyn deal with her diagnoses of Eisenmenger Syndrome, truncus arteriosus and heart block? Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter...

Send us Fan Mail What is the number one birth defect? How have grandparents, survivors and parents felt about being part of the congenital heart defect community? Tune in to hear the answer to these questions and more! Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website

Send us Fan Mail How does a 32-year old HLHS Survivor seize the day? Why would such a young woman write her memoirs? What advice does this multiple-transplant survivor have for others? Tune in to hear the answer to these questions and more! Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube We...

Send us Fan Mail How does a wife, mother and grandmother seize the day when her family has a terrible secret? What secret was in the genes of her, her children and mother that could cause sudden death? How does Jackie help her granddaughters to seize the day? Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe...

Send us Fan Mail How does a 30-year-old HLHS Survivor "seize the day"? How does she seize the day with her husband? What advice does she have for parents of HLHS babies and HLHS Survivors? Tune in to hear Maribeth Poole share this information and more! Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram M...

Send us Fan Mail How does the mother of a daughter with HRHS seize the day? How does her job also help her to seize the day? What advice does she have for other parents? Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website

Send us Fan Mail How does a cardiologist for adults born with congenital heart defects seize the day? What obstacles has he encountered in working with adults with congenital heart defects? What's new in the field of pediatric cardiology regarding anti-arrhythmia drugs? Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Faceboo...

Send us Fan Mail What is HeartGift? How do doctors in the United States save children in countries that don't have hospitals that perform life-saving open-heart surgery? Why is Rachael Wright involved with HeartGift? Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website

Send us Fan Mail How does an Eisenmenger Survivor seize the day? How does receiving a heart/double-lung transplant affect your philosophy of life? What does this 65-year old congenital heart defect Survivor have to teach us? Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website

Send us Fan Mail Growing up with a congenital heart defect for many children means more visits to the hospital and clinic than for their heart healthy peers. Today's Guest was born with transposition of the great arteries and she has used her experiences and her education to serve as a role model and an advisor to those in the Heart Community. Tune in to hear how Heart Warrior and psychothera...

Send us Fan Mail Seizing the day, or Carpe Diem, can be a difficult concept for people in the throes of extreme distress and few experiences are as distressing as having to hand over a child for open-heart surgery. Now imagine doing it twice. Now imagine one of the surgeries doesn't work as planned and one of your babies needs a heart transplant. That's what happened to our Guest, Katina...

Send us Fan Mail How does a 49-year-old HRHS Survivor "seize the day"? What makes Tracey Grasty exceptional? How does being a nurse affect her philosophy of life? Tune in to discover the answer to those questions and more! Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website

Send us Fan Mail How does a 25-year-old HLHS Survivor "seize the day"? What makes Myles Schweitzer exceptional? How does being a musician affect his philosophy of life? Tune in to discover the answer to those questions and more! Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Webs...

Send us Fan Mail How do a mother and daughter duo seize the day when they're dealt the blow of a chronic illness? How does their perspective change over time? What advice do they have for others? Support the show Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link Baby Blue Sound Collective Social Media Pages: Apple Podcasts Facebook Instagram MeWe Twitter YouTube Website

Send us Fan Mail Season Six of "Heart to Heart with Anna" is all about Carpe Diem -- Seizing the Day. In this episode we'll learn about a remarkable congenital heart defect (CHD) Survivor who was born in the 1950s. Being born with tetralogy of Fallot in the 1950s could have been a death sentence but instead Jim Larson was a pioneer. One of the early survivors of what was commonly re...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode of Heart to Heart with Anna shows how a heart mom - inspired by her daughter's determination - has begun a successful small business. The guest for this exciting episode is Jessie Wimmer, who is a heart mom from Charlotte, NC. She has two beautiful children: Noah and Sparrow, who was born with a congenital heart defect. Jessie will tell us about the mirac...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt like things are just getting out of hand or getting away from you? Is the stress of being a caregiver affecting the way you relate to others? On today's episode we will discuss the topic of Compassion Fatigue, which is present in many who care for others, including nurses, paramedics, physicians, and even parents of children with congenital heart defects. T...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Perez is a Heart Dad from North Carolina. His son Nolan was born in 2012 with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. For almost 2 years he's written a blog called Half Heart. Whole Life: an HLHS Dad's blog, where he lays out the life of a Heart Dad with honesty and humor. On today's episode, Chris will be presenting an update to the well-known essay "Welcome to...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of "Heart to Heart with Anna" is the final episode of Season 5: Miracles DO Happen! We started Season Five with a miracle story about a woman who found out after she gave birth that her son had a critical congenital heart defect and who was in the right place at the right time to receive the treatment he needed to survive. This episode, likewise, deals with...