Ames IA
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TODAY, heart disease is STILL the No. 1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year. But it can be prevented. TODAY, Make It Your Mission to learn how to stop this killer, and then tell 5 women you love you want them to live. TODAY, you can help us stop heart disease in our lifetime.

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April 26, 2013
10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Gateway Hotel & Conference Center
2100 Green Hills Drive 
Ames, IA  50014


Keynote Speaker

Go Red BetterU Makeover Challenge

Learn how real women in your community have "gone red" to improve their heart health.  Current and past participants will share their strategies, struggles, and successes while the professionals that have helped them along the way share tips and tools for how you can makeover your heart too! 


Passion Story

 
Jodi Flannery

Jodi Flannery is a busy mom of 3 - Joe (8), Tommy (6) and Leah (4), who suffers from a complex congenital heart defect. With so much going on, it would be easy to put her own health on the backburner.  But rather than using her busy life as an excuse, Jodi uses her family for motivation to stay heart healthy.  Leading by example, Jodi and her husband, Dan, are teaching their children the importance of being healthy so they can all live longer, healthier lives.  
Click here to read Leah's story, as told by Jodi 

Leah's Story

We were thrilled to be pregnant with our third child, Leah. Our first baby girl. But you can imagine our devastation when we learned at 20 weeks gestation that she would be born with complex congenital heart disease. A disease that at one point doctors thought would take her life before she was born because of a consistently, deathly slow heart rate (70bpm). But as she developed, her prognosis (albeit very complicated and layered with defects) progressed into a survivable disease. Tetralogy of Fallot with atrial septal defect, critical pulmonary stenosis, and severe venous anomalies. She was born at Mercy Medical Center, and her survival was dependent upon the immediate, critical care from a very specialized team of doctors and nurses. Her first open heart surgery was at 5 days old to install a BT shunt, which in turn clotted, sending her into respiratory arrest the day before we were to bring her home. By grace and brilliance, an emergency surgery saved her fragile life. She returned to Mercy at 9 months old to undergo her full Tetralogy of Fallot repair. A third surgery that left another terrifying incision down a perfectly, innocent body. A long, calculated surgery that required the utmost tenacity and dedication as the surgeon (and team) dissected her very sick heart and put it back together in a way that will carry her through a normal life. And endured she has. As with most complicated CHD cases like Leah, battles loom at every turn, but she is thriving and her fantastic, three-year-old energy is so contagious. We give so much thanks to the American Heart Association for the research and funding that allows our healers to save Leah’s life over and over again.

Breakout Sessions

Get inspired. Get informed. Join health and fitness experts, medical professionals, and women like you to hear the concrete steps you can take today for better heart health.

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locally sponsored by 
 Mary Greeley Medical Center