Conner’s heart Journey

Conner’s heart Journey Conner is a 3 year old boy who was diagnosed with dialated cardiomyopathy and heart failure at 18 months old.

Conner's heart function has slightly improved, he made it home after 357 days of being in the hospital 💙

Update on Conner 💙As of April 14th Conner is no longer on the transplant list!! What a MIRACLE. This however does mean t...
04/22/2026

Update on Conner 💙

As of April 14th Conner is no longer on the transplant list!! What a MIRACLE. This however does mean that all the time spent in the hospital will no longer count towards time on the list if anything were to occur in the future. Conner’s heart is “normal functioning” his labs look amazing and over all we are so happy with his recovery. They have adjusted a couple medications. He will follow up in 3 months. As of right now, Conner will continue on these medications for the next year.
I get some questions regarding what things look like now that Conner is recovered from being in heart failure. Because Conner does have the TTN mutation his heart could change at any time and go back down hill (we pray things continue as they are) Our goal for Conner is to go as long as he possibly can without this happening or having to go through transplant if at all have it be a couple years from now.

Today Conner saw the Cardiac developmental clinic. Specifically meeting with Dr. Castillo gave us hope for Conner’s near future. Now that Conner’s heart condition is in a positive spot we are now going to be focusing on Conner’s autism diagnosis. Conner has been referred to the psychologist at Children’s and will follow up with Dr. Castillo not just with the cardiac clinic but at his own office as well. It’s amazing what a Dr. that sits there and listens to every single concern you have for your child can do!

Update on Conner 💙It’s been a while since I last posted so I thought I would jump on and do a quick update. Conner start...
04/08/2026

Update on Conner 💙

It’s been a while since I last posted so I thought I would jump on and do a quick update.

Conner started preschool at the end of March! He loves it so much. He has been working hard in speech continuing to learn and use his communication device as well as learning to try to say words. He continues to work hard in OT.

Conner sees heart team next week and the cardiac Neuro development clinic later this month.

We are so proud of Conner and his continued hard work!

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