A ‘unity run’ organized by Team Breathe Hope along with Breathe Hope Runners to help save a toddler’s heart and give her a brighter life.
Anika, now 5 years old, is a baby girl who has a single ventricle loosely translates to having a HALF HEART. For further details, here is her medical condition:
The 2d echo showed that she had a Single Ventricle defect (basically half a heart), a rare type of CHD (Congenital Heart Defect) with other heart defects such as:
Single Ventricle – A complex heart defect that results in one of the heart’s pumping chambers (ventricles) being underdeveloped.
Dextrocardia – is a congenital defect in which the heart is situated on the right side of the body; a otherwise harmless condition. Or refers to the heart being a mirror image situated on the right side.
Pulmonary Valve Atresia –She has a small pulmonary artery. Blood can’t flow from the right ventricle into the pulmonary artery and on to the lungs so low-oxygen (bluish) blood mixes with the oxygen-rich (red) blood in the left atrium.
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) – also known as a “hole in the heart”. Is a congenital heart defect in which the wall that separates the upper heart chambers (atria) does not close completely.
Lace Up For Anika Run for a Hearty Cause
Saturday, 4:00 A.M, May 26, 2012
SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City
RACE CATEGORIES
3K & 6K – Php 200.00
NOTE:
There will be no singlet to be provided although runners and non-runners who will register are encouraged to wear a red or white shirt. We are aiming to give all proceeds to the beneficiary for her medical needs.
REGISTRATION:
The registration will be on the event site. It will start at 4am while gun starts at 5am.
Lace Up for Anika: Run for a hearty cause on Facebook
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