Links & Resources
This is a resource list of places & folks that are involved with Heart Defects, organizations, doctors, hospitals and places to get information.
- T.O.U.C.H. - The Organization for Understanding Childrens Hearts
- Illinois Cardiac Surgery - Office of Arabella's surgeon, Dr. Fortuna, and Dr. Geiss
- OSF St. Francis Medical Center - Cardiac hospital in Peoria
- The Children's Hospital of Illinois - at OSF St. Francis in Peoria
- The Family House - temporary housing for families of patients in Peoria
- American Heart Association - a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
- Society for Thoracic Surgeons Patient Information
- TheHeart.org - information on caring for people with disorders of the heart and circulation, and on preventing such disorders
- Children's Heart Institute - With Dr. Albers, Dr. Bash and others
- Division of Specialized Care for Children - UIC - Serving children with special health care needs
- CaringBridge.org - CaringBridge offers free, easy-to-create web sites that help connect friends and family when they need it most.