Facing surgery can be scary, especially for children.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why one North Texas mother is hoping to provide comfort in the pages of a new book inspired by the care her son received at Children\u2019s Health.<\/p>\n
Two-year-old Noah Bullard loves story time with his mother.<\/p>\n
His own story began with an unexpected diagnosis.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was born with trisomy 21 and a heart condition,\u201d said his mother, Kelsey Bullard. \u201cBoth of those were unexpected. We didn\u2019t know about his diagnosis until pretty much the morning after he was born.\u201d<\/p>\n
A heart defect called atrioventricular canal meant Noah\u2019s heart was in a constant state of working out \u2013 even when he was sleeping.<\/p>\n
So at just four months old, he underwent open-heart surgery.<\/p>\n
His mother noticed an immediate boost in his energy.<\/p>\n
\u201cGod blessed us with Noah, and we have just grown as individuals and as a family,\u201d Bullard said.<\/p>\n
Inspired by their journey, she felt called to write a book about a dinosaur doctor who heals hearts.<\/p>\n
Titled “Healing Hearts with Doctor Bronto,” the English teacher hopes it will offer comfort to those facing something similar and explain open-heart surgery to children.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy goal for it is to reach families who need it,\u201d Bullard said.<\/p>\n
Pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Nicholas Andersen, who performed Noah\u2019s surgery, says visits with the young patient bring him joy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis story is so remarkable because it shows all the magical things that can happen when we do our job well,\u201d said Dr. Andersen. \u201cFor us, this is the reward. This is why we do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facing surgery can be scary, especially for children. That\u2019s why one North Texas mother is hoping to provide…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":98388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1022,171,8963,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-98387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-north-texas","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114928795413738639","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}