In need of a heart transplant after birth, Gabrielle is now a healthy toddler
In honor of American Heart Month, we are sharing Gabrielle’s incredible journey from sick baby to healthy toddler.
Christen Simon was 18 weeks into her third pregnancy when a routine ultrasound revealed the unthinkable: a serious birth defect. The daughter that Christen and her husband would call Gabrielle would need a heart transplant soon after birth.
“At that point I was in shock,” said Simon. “I didn’t know heart defects existed before that point in time. It wasn’t even in my scope of possibilities, not for my daughter.” Read full post »