Households share experiences with coronary heart defects forward of 2023 Chicago Congenital Coronary heart Stroll

CHICAGO (WLS) — The 2023 Chicago Congenital Coronary heart Stroll is developing on June 10.

The occasion raises cash for The Youngsters’s Coronary heart Basis, which invests in analysis to analysis, deal with and stop congenital coronary heart defects.

Lindsay Menze’s daughter Alice was born with a congenital coronary heart defect final yr.

“She needed to bear surgical procedure at simply nineteen days previous and sadly, whereas the surgical procedure was successful, she had plenty of problems following it and he or she handed away when she was simply forty days previous,” mentioned Menze.

After her daughter’s demise, Menze discovered function via the stroll.

“Whereas we miss Alice terribly, our nice hope is that the world shall be a greater place as a result of Alice was in it,” mentioned Menze.

Allison Blomeke’s son Isaac was born with a coronary heart defect. Now he is a cheerful two-year-old.

“Isaac was in a scientific trial the place he could or could not have obtained stem cells throughout his second open-heart surgical procedure so we’re fairly enthusiastic about that,” mentioned Blomeke.

You possibly can join the stroll here.