I guess you know by now about comedian Jimmy Kimmel 's tearful story of his new born son's heart problem, here is the clip:
His son has Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia.
Tetralogy of Fallot means the hearts has one or several defects including holes between the left and right ventricles (two chambers for each ventricle ; right ones pumps blood to the lungs to get oxygen, the left ones pump blood with oxygen to the rest of the body)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetralogy_of_Fallot
With Pulmonary Atresia , the valve between the ventricle and pulmonary artery is under-developed and has closed up the opening between the ventricle and the artery, obstructing blood flow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_atresia
As Jimmy said , the story has a good ending but his kid still requires some operations in the future to fix the problems.
It is difficult to be parents, they have to worry until the day they die .........
My best wishes to Jimmy and his family.
....... I still prefer Jay Leno though : )
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