America television host, Jimmy Kimmel, welcomed a son with
his wife less than two weeks ago. Sadly, what was supposed to be a moment of
joy soon turned to panic as a few minutes after delivery it was discovered that
the baby had a rare heart condition known as Tetralogy of Fallot.
In an emotional monologue on his show, Jimmy Kimmel told the story of his son's
harrowing first few days after being diagnosed with rare and potentially
dangerous cardiac defects. He was in tears as he talked about finding out his
son was in a critical condition and had to have immediate surgery. The boy, who
has been Christened William but is called Billy, had his pulmonary valve
completely blocked at birth and there's also a hole in the left and right sides
of his heart.
An open heart surgery was done three days after Billy was born to fix two of
the defects and it was successful, but that's not the end. He'll have another
open heart surgery in three-to-six months to close the holes and another again
when he is a teenager.
Kimmel urged viewers to donate to Children’s Hospital Los
Angeles, where his son was treated, to help other kids with serious health
conditions. He also made a plea for politicians, both Republican and Democrat,
to make sure all Americans have access to medical care, especially those with
pre-existing health conditions, so that parents never have to decide that they
cannot afford to save their child's life.
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