Heart To Heart With Anna

Send us a textWhen Sara Bonneau's newborn son was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, she had no roadmap for the journey ahead. In this raw and powerful conversation, she takes us through the evolution of parenting a child with a serious heart defect—from the terrifying early days without social media support groups to watching her son become a competitive high school basketball player.Sara's candor about her mental health struggles resonates deeply as she shares her delayed PTSD diagnosis following her son's first surgery. "I experienced a lot of anxiety after Ryan was born. I remember being so scared he was going to die if I let him out of my sight," she reveals, encouraging other heart parents to seek help sooner than she did.The conversation takes a powerful turn when Sara describes how tragedy became the catalyst for her unexpected advocacy work. After Sara discovered a 15-year-old basketball player in her son's rival team collapsed and died, she discovered there was no AED