

Now about the charity... it is called "Fraser's Friends". The goal is to help heal sick children with congenital heart disease/defects. I'm going to get a lot of this information from their website because I can't describe it any better. -- I need to first off mention that I watched a webinar of Dr. Fraser in Feb. and he mentioned that in research at this very moment that are working on BUILDING REPLACEMENT HEARTS!!! (Needless to say I was in absolute shock) Yes, this is what funding chd research is doing. Simply amazing!!!
"Replacing a valve, closing a hole, repairing and rebuilding a heart—all on an organ the size of a strawberry… For Dr. Charles D. Fraser and his world-renowned congenital heart surgery team, it’s just another work day, but for the parents whose child is on the operating table, it’s hope for life.
The Congenital Heart Surgery team at Texas Children’s Hospital mends tiny hearts from across the state, nation and globe. This year alone, they will conduct more than 800 surgeries, including some of the most complex cases. The highly specialized team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, intensive care nurses, intensive care cardiologists and other professional staff is one of only a few fully integrated, completely dedicated congenital heart surgery teams in the U.S.—and the only one in Texas. Unlike most other children’s heart centers in the nation, all of our personnel work only at Texas Children’s and are focused solely on those patients with congenital heart disease"
Fraser's Friends seeds funding for pediatric heart research along with many other important factors such as equipping of laboratory research space, center for clinical outcomes research, cardiac valve research, and so much more. These are all extremely important to me because it's Bentley's (my daughters) future along with 1 out of 100 babies that are born. Yes, 1 out of 100 babies are born with some form of CHD. Our children are never actually healed... they will have their heart condition for the rest of their lives... so this research is everything to moms like myself. I could go on for a while with this topic so I will end it here. Again, just remember at this very moment in research they are working on many things but one HUGE one is BUILDING REPLACEMENT HEARTS!!! That is a true miracle within itself and could save MANY lives. No, I KNOW it will save many lives!!!!
*** You can read more about "Fraser's Friends" here (that is also where I got the above info) on Texas Children's website and you can donate any amount to "Fraser's Friends" here.