Mason's Heart Fund

Hi everyone, this is my amazing grandson Mason Hirschfield and he is the son of my son Chris and his wife Brittany. Mason was born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) which was recently discovered. He was diagnosed with a Partial Atrioventricular Canal Defect (AVCD/AVSD), which means he has a large Primum Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) and a cleft mitral valve. Essentially that is a large hole between the top chambers of his heart and his mitral valve didn’t form completely. We are so blessed that his new pediatrician heard his murmur and referred him to Sibley Heart Center Cardiology where Dr. Harden diagnosed the defect. In January 2017 he will have open heart surgery to repair the defects in his little heart. His surgeon will put a patch over the hole and stitch his valve. This will allow his oxygen rich blood to go out to his body where it belongs instead of flowing back in his heart. He will be at CHOA Egleston in Atlanta, GA for about a week after surgery until he gets strong enough to go home. I would also like to tell everyone a little about CHDs. CHDs effect nearly 1% of all births per year in the US. About every 15 minutes another baby is born with a CHD. AVSDs are just one kind and are only about 5% of all CHDs. In 2005, for a privately insured population in the Unites States, the estimated medical care costs for an average infant with any CHD was about $23,000, and costs were higher for infants with a severe CHD (this is a statistic from 2005 prior to the skyrocketing medical costs that our country has experienced in the past decade).

We're asking for help in two ways:
-PRAY for steady hands for the surgeon and a successful surgery for Mason's heart.
-PRAY for Mason to be strong and pray for his family to be courageous.

If anyone would like to donate to a fund it would help his parents pay for some of the medical bills and expenses incurred to mend his heart back to a healthy heart.

Nothing is too big or too small and your prayers are deeply appreciated! God Bless You!