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Man With Congenital Heart Defect Hoping For Life-Saving Procedure In Pennsylvania Man With Congenital Heart Defect Hoping For Life-Saving Procedure In Pennsylvania
Man With Congenital Heart Defect Hoping For Life-Saving Procedure In Pennsylvania The community in Boston is rallying for a man hoping for a life-changing heart procedure at the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP). Cole Cand was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a defect which affects blood flow through the heart because the left side of the heart was not formed properly, according to a GoFundMe created to raise money for his treatment.  Doctors warned Cand's parents that he could only make it a few hours, or overnight, when he was young. Despite his early prognosis, he has lived to be 26 years old, although he has been in "inhumane" amounts of pain.  C…