Melissa Joan Hart Instagram – This Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Awareness Week I am posting to raise awareness and to honor our family’s two heart warriors, my nephew and niece who underwent surgery at ages 10 months and 4 years old but are thriving today! ❤️‍🩹 “Congenital heart diseases, also known as congenital heart defects or CHDs, are birth defects that affect the structure of a baby’s heart and the way it works. It is the most common birth defect, with approximately 1% of newborns born with a CHD each year. Of those born with a CHD, 1 in 4 infants typically need surgery or other procedures in their first year of life. CHD treatment helps kids live into adulthood, and today, there are more than 2.4 million heart warriors, or children and adults living with CHDs, in the U.S.” – www.choa.org #chdawareness #chd