Published by admin on Thu, 08/01/2024 - 12:31pm
On July 27, Ayden Skillman received a total heart transplant at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado (CHCO), which his family hopes will be the culmination of a lifelong journey. Born on May 15, 2006, Skillman was diagnosed with a rare, congenital heart condition at just three days old called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), which affects 2-3 of every 10,000 live births worldwide.
HLHS is a heart condition in which an infant is born with the left-side of their heart severely underdeveloped and incapable of supporting natural circulation processes. In the United States, congenital heart defects like HLHS are diagnosed in 40,000 infants annually and, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), twice as many children die from congenital heart abnormalities each year than all forms of childhood cancer combined.
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