Doctors Mend a Broken Heart
Diagnosed with a serious congenital heart defect, Brantley received a life-saving surgery less than 24 hours after being born.
GalleryThe Ganatra family gives back
Tansukh Ganatra spent his career in technology. But as he approached retirement, he began searching for a way to make a difference in people’s lives beyond the business world.
Ganatra, co-founder of US LEC, a successful telecommunications company headquartered in Charlotte, set up a tour of Levine Children’s Hospital along with his wife, Sarla, and their […]
GalleryHelping Heal Elijah’s Heart
In July 2010, Desha Jacobs was at work when she took a phone call that no mother wants to receive: Her 14-year-old son, Elijah, was being taken to the emergency room.
Elijah, a rising freshman at Metrolina Christian Academy in Indian Trail, was preparing to play football, and he had gone to a cardiac health screening […]
GalleryThe Race to Save Skylar
Greg and Ricki Myers were making typical plans of first-time parents. But the Mooresville couple didn’t plan for the news that would forever change their family’s future.
At a doctor’s visit, while Ricki was pregnant, they received a devastating diagnosis. Their baby was going to be born with half a heart, a result of a defect […]