Welcome to Katja’s blog. A place for information, updates and our “laugh instead of cry” humor of living with a child with CHD (Congenital Heart Defects). Take a seat and prepare for a long emotional journey of our ups and downs. Feel free to browse posts about Katja, her heart and her previous surgeries. Newest updates are available below:
It’s official! We are finally heading home after 10w2d, that’s 2.5 months of being on the East Coast 😱
We are beyond grateful for all the love and support. Katja received a special private flight home 🚀
We’ll see you tomorrow afternoon Seattle with the PNW and Childrens National’s 1st Domino Partial Heart Transplant kid! 😉
It’s official! We are finally heading home after 10w2d, that’s 2.5 months of being on the East Coast 😱 We are beyond grateful for all the love and support. Katja received a special private flight home 🚀 We’ll see you tomorrow afternoon Seattle with the PNW and Childrens National’s 1st Domino Partial Heart Transplant kid!…
We have been surviving these last few months. No thriving, no coasting, no getting by… surviving. We barely eat, we definitely haven’t been sleeping and we’ve let our own health go. My clothes are loose, my hair is shedding and I’m taking Motrin daily for pain. I’m surviving to give 110% of me to my…
And we are finally FREE!
We are a fun loving family of 7. I’m Jenn, the Mom and words behind the blog. Dad Jori is the IT backbone of making sure I don’t go crazy over features. We have 5 beautiful children. Nevaeh (17), Twins Arianna & Araceli (15), Katja “Our Mended little Heart” (9) and Gryffin “Finn” (4).
Save Katja’s Heart: Urgent Flight for a Rare Transplant
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Confessions of a Mended Heart 