He was a regular boy who loved fish, swings, and his dog Maggie. On January 5, 2014, while awaiting a new heart, he lost his battle with CHD.Īt home Holden was strong, constantly finding ways to overcome his defect. Holden would go on to require three more operations, before finally being listed for a transplant in October of 2013. Most people knew him as, “The Tin Man”, a nickname given to him to help better describe his defects to friends and family before he was born.Īt only three months old, Holden underwent his first operation to repair his ailing heart.Īrnold Palmer Hospital and Strong Films filmed the ins and outs of that procedure, using the footage to create an award winning film. Holden Joseph Flynn came out swinging on October 11, 2011, diagnosed with Unbalanced Complete Antrovetricular Canal, a complex single chamber congenital heart defect. It was at out 20 week ultrasound that we learned of Holden’s Congenital Heart Defect. We were naïve to parenthood and CHDs, but educated ourselves as much as we could to prepare for his arrival. and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.
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