Event:
2023 Metro St. Louis Heart Walk
May 13, 2023
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Jovie's Joy12 Members
We Walk to Save Lives!
2023 Metro St. Louis Heart Walk
Jovie's Joy
Our daughter was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy at almost 5 months old. She had been having feeding issues since birth, failure to grow, and extreme fatigue. It was only when we took her in to the ER for a respiratory virus that we found out her heart was enlarged on a chest X-ray checking for pneumonia. An echocardiogram was performed and they found that Jovie's left ventricle was working at 1/2 capacity--it wasn't squeezing how it should. Her heart muscle also had some thickening. She was immediately placed in the PICU and transported to Cardinal Glennon's PICU. Jovie is strong and a fighter. She WILL overcome this! Come help us raise awareness for cardiomyopathy and all other heart diagnoses!
