COTA for Tanners Heart

Our Story

Born 12/18/2012 MUSC Charleston.  Tanner was born with a hypoplastic left heart, and immediately placed in PICU to drain the fluid in his lungs. At seven days old, he had his first open heart surgery procedure performed (the Norwood) to treat heart problems by directly accessing the heart through an opening in the chest. The surgeon held Tanner's heart in his hand for three minutes. The actions that the surgeons...