It's what keeps us alive and enables us to run like the wind, jump to the sky, and breathe that ever so needed sigh of relief at the end of a busy day. Hearts are also used for telling stories, storing love, and dispersing love. I would hope warm, because otherwise you would not be reading this right now. It's a whole new world. Even though he or she may be missing a ventricle or have a prolapsed valve, his or her heart is filled with the same love and kindness as ours, and maybe even a little more.
Heart disease affects men, women, and children of all ages.
Yet it seems to have the most unique effect on school-age children. My brother Jay, twelve, is living proof. He is now a healthy, active and energetic preteen thanks to the wonders of modern medicine. Though it hasn't always been that way. Jay was born absent the right pulmonary artery and corresponding right lung.