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Here is another Heart Dad Sunday episode for Heart Month, February 2023. Like the other two episodes, this episode also features Heart Dad Frank Jaworski as the Guest Host. Today's Guest is Carl Wolford.

Carl Wolford was born with total anomalous pulmonary venous return or TAPVR and had surgery by Dr. Denton Cooley at 4 months of age in January 1958 at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. Carl was Dr. Cooley’s second successful case of this heart defect and the first one is now Carl’s friend.

Carl participated in a lifetime of sports: baseball, tennis, golf, anything with a ball and Carl was there. He even tried snow skiing–during which time he became aware of a problem with high altitudes and thin air when a person has a congenital heart condition.

Carl’s biggest passion is pool. He tours mostly the southern United States in tournaments. One of his goals was to win a national championship, which happened 3 years ago in Las Vegas. His new goal is to add a state title or two to his resume.

Carl has 3 children and 5 grandchildren. None have any signs of heart issues of any kind. Carl has done great ever since he had his surgery with Dr. Cooley until he entered his 50s. He is now 65 years young and his motto is “Life is short, play hard.”

Carl's first appearance on Heart to Heart with Anna:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/398943

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This is the 3rd episode in our CHD Spotlight mini-series and we'll be talking about Tetralogy of Fallot.

Our expert Guest is Roslyn Rivera and she is a pediatric cardiology nurse who was also born with a congenital heart defect. In this episode, Roslyn shares with Anna what tetralogy of Fallot is, who coined the term for this complex congenital heart condition, what methods are used to palliate the condition, what some possible causes of the condition are, and survival rates for babies born with ToF.

In the second segment, Roslyn even shares the name of a famous athlete born with ToF, proving that ToF doesn't have to mean that a person will have an inferior life and that there is great hope for babies born with this heart condition today.

Other Heart to Heart with Anna episodes featuring Rosyln Rivera, RN:

Congenital Heart Defects Around the Globe: The Novak Cardiac Alliance
https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/398936
A View From the Other Side of the Bed
https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/499730
Nurse Burnout in the CHD Community Part 1
https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/2773843
Nurse Burnout in the CHD Community Part 2
https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/2839018

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This episode covers congenital cardiac conditions.

Written notes can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/surgery/cardiothoracic/congenitalcardiacconditions/ or in the cardiothoracic surgery section of the Zero to Finals surgery book.

The audio in the episode was expertly edited by Harry Watchman.

This episode covers the Eisenmenger syndrome.

Written can be found at https://zerotofinals.com/paediatrics/cardiology/eisenmengersyndrome/ or in the cardiology section in the Zero to Finals paediatrics.

The audio in the episode was expertly edited by Harry Watchman.