Local family shares emotional journey after son was born with multiple heart defects

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – For one local family, the first moments of parenthood came with a diagnosis they never saw coming – their son had several heart defects.

About one in every 100 babies is born with a heart defect, according to the CDC. But Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week is about more than statistics; it’s about the fight, the fear, and the hope that carry these families forward.

Parents Caitlin and Sam Reese have an older son and expected delivery to go just as that one did, but it didn’t…

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