The
Little Hats Big Hearts project raises awareness of heart disease,
the leading killer of Americans, and congenital heart defects, the
most common type of birth defect in the country and the leading
killer of infants with birth defects.
Baylor Buccholz
Volunteers across the nation have knitted and
crocheted nearly 3,000 hats that will be given to all babies born at
46 Illinois hospitals during February.
Congenital heart defects are structural problems with the heart
present at birth. They result when a mishap occurs soon after
conception during heart development, often before the mother is
aware she is pregnant. Congenital heart defects affect approximately
one in every 125 babies every year in the United States alone.
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Dakota Devore
For more information on Little Hats Big Hearts, visit Heart.org/LittleHatsBigHearts.
Gatling Lancaster
All three babies featured in this
article were born at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital on February 5th
[Angela Stoltzenburg] |