Nola Hawts

Lana & Sue learned lots about anesthesiology in pediatric patients from our friend, Dr. Dominic Carollo with Ochsner. Check it out. 

Susan and Lana sat down to chat with Susan Timmins, a volunteer and board member of the Adult Congenital Heart Association. She shares with us, her experience as a CHD mom as well as the work she does with the ACHA. 

Janelle Foligno sat down to chat with us about her CHD warrior, Milana. Married to Nick Foligno, professional hockey player with the Boston Bruins, the couple started a foundation to raise funds and awareness of CHD. Janelle talks about her book, The Hearts Playbook and how to purchase it so other CHD kids can benefit from it. 

We sat down to chat with Kate Hecker Coreil about her role as a Jefferson Parish Public School Early Interventionalist  with Early Steps of Louisiana. Plenty of resources out there to offer to CHD or any special needs kids if they qualify for services. 

We had a great conversation with David Hebert, ECMO Coordinator at  Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. We learned all about ECMO and he answered questions that many of us have probably never thought of.  Check it out. 

Laura Ogden share her family's CHD story and how her son Nash's diagnosis led her to her outreach role with Conquering CHD Louisiana. 

Jon Pierre & Ami Pastorek sat down with us to talk about what it's like being heart parents to 1 year old, August. Jon Pierre also shares his experience as a CHD patient as well and what that's meant for him as August's dad.

Sue and Lana sat down with Dana Kimble of SCRATCHgolf where they learned about an amazing program being offered to local CHD patients. Learn more about this program and how you can get your CHD child involved.

Sue & Lana sat down with heart & ninja warrior, Chris O'Connell to learn about life as a CHD patient, a CHD dad and what being on American Ninja Warrior has meant for him. 

CHD and Heart transplant survivor, Hailey Steimel sat down to chat with us about her journey as a CHD kid, teen and adult as well as life after heart transplant. With a second chance at life, she wrote a children's book called A Heart on Valentine's Day.