Joseph

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Joseph

TOF and now needs a Pulmonary Valve replacement

Joey was born with Tetralogy of Fallot. He had a repair of a VSD and a patch enlargement of the PA with pulmonary artery annuloplasty by Dr. Lupinetti. This was all done at Children's Hospital in Seattle, Washington when he was 8 weeks old.

Now Joey is to under go a pulmonary valve replacement on June 4 at Children's Hospital in Omaha.

— Vera, Joey's Mother (Northeast Nebraska)

This article was last updated on May 20, 2010

Born: May 19, 1995
Diagnosis: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
Treatment: Pulmonary Valve Replacement

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