by CHSF | Feb 14, 2025 | EVENTS, RUNNING
by CHSF | Feb 7, 2025 | LATEST NEWS, REAL STORIES, WEAR RED DAY
17-year old Alfie’s family found out he had congenital heart disease (CHD) when he was just 2 months old. Following multiple procedures, Alfie is now enjoying life both as a teenager and keen LUFC supporter, as mum Kirsty tells us: “Alfie was only 7 weeks old when we...
by CHSF | Feb 7, 2025 | LATEST NEWS, REAL STORIES, WEAR RED DAY
We know it’s vitally important to share your journeys with congenital heart disease. Your experiences are both reassuring and educational for other heart families, and provide vital awareness for others. 3-year old Zak’s condition was found by complete coincidence,...
by CHSF | Feb 7, 2025 | LATEST NEWS, REAL STORIES, WEAR RED DAY
Alessia Mae is fast approaching her first birthday, but at birth she was sent urgently to her local hospital as she was critically low on oxygen and had open heart surgery at just a day old in Leeds. Mum Tierney tells the full story… “Alessia Mae was born on the 21st...
by CHSF | Feb 6, 2025 | EVENTS, LATEST NEWS
Join Katie Bear at the farm for a day of Easter fun SIGN UP Get ready for an egg-cellent day at Cannon Hall Farm with Katie Bear, kindly sponsored by Womble Bond Dickinson! Take part in lots of springtime fun including a scavenger hunt with a tasty easter egg reward,...
by CHSF | Feb 3, 2025 | LATEST NEWS, REAL STORIES, WEAR RED DAY
Finley Kenneth Peirson was born in July 2022 and was rushed straight to Scarborough’s Special Care Baby Unit with a suspected infection. Over the weeks that followed, Finley deteriorated and was put into an incubator. One of the doctors detected a heart murmur and...