Reading this article, sent to me by my sister who is a former VAD Coordinator, now training medical and emergency staff on VADs, sent chills through me. My son was born with the same diagnosis as Brayden nearly 20 years ago. He was fortunate enough to receive his transplant at the age of 9 weeks at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. It was an ABO mismatch, very experimental at the time, but he has done great, and is now a healthy, active young man. It's wonderful to know that Brayden is being helped by VAD technology, and I wish he and his parents all the best as they journey down this road to transplant! They will be in my thoughts and prayers!