Tuesday, February 19, 2013

February 17th Heart Angel Hayden


❤Meet our February 17th Heart Angel Hayden Dorsett ❤ Son to Ady and Rob. ** This picture is of “Hayden less than one week before he passed away ~ all smiles”..his Mom wrote.

Beautiful Hayden’s story…

Hayden was born with a rare heart defect called HLHS - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome -which occurs in 1 out of every 10,000 births. Hayden was born and cared for at CHOP (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) and was projected to undergo three open-heart surgeries to fix his heart.

Hayden fought hard through his first and second surgeries, but through his surgical process also suffered from a brain injury. Through it all he was the smiliest, happiest baby we have ever known and truly loved life- even with all of his obstacles.

On August 16, 2012 at only 5 months and 4 days old, Hayden unexpectedly lost his life and joined countless other heart babies who have also lost their fight against CHD.

Hayden’s parents have done some remarkable things since he became an angel. They started “Hayden’s Heart Foundation”. Their mission with his foundation is to not only raise CHD awareness and to help keep Hayden's memory alive, but to also help many families with their immense medical bills and travel expenses, etc. You can read about that at: http://www.haydensheart.com/home/index andhttps://www.facebook.com/haydensheartfoundation

He also has another Facebook page that people still follow but also followed during Hayden’s precious life here on earth: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Prayer-Page-for-Baby-Hayden/242043342523937

They are also doing a 5k, Zumbathon, and many more things in his memory too! There is even a jewelry line too made in memory of Hayden and you can see that at: http://jenniferengel.com/welcome/index.php/hayden

If you want a good cry.. read his Moms blog about his last few days of life… wow.. so sad and sadly, I could relate to so many things she said (Lily also had HLHS, ECMO, etc..she talks about his journey here: http://www.haydensheart.com/blog/entry/3619433/haydens-last-days-of-life#comment4138023

Please say a prayer for this wonderful family…February 12th was his eleven month birthday so his first birthday is just around the corner.. and yesterday, February 16th marked Hayden’s 6 month angelversary from when he became an angel in his Mommy’s arms.. these dates can be so painful!
 

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