Anthony's Story
The heart of our team, Anthony "Lil' A" Gomez, came into our lives September 22, 2004. He has been very busy teaching us about courage, strength and faith every day since. Somehow he still finds time to be the happiest little boy on earth.
Anthony was born with complex congenital heart defects - Transposition of the Great Arteries, Double Outlet Right Ventricle, several VSD's (holes in the heart), and a Mitral Valve abnormality. Anthony has had two major heart surgeries already and will need at least one more in the next few years. Anthony's heart defects are not repairable.....his heart is being "rewired" to work despite the defects. The surgeries that Anthony needs to survive are very, very new and it is just not known how Anthony's "re-wired" heart will stand the test of time. His life is literally in the hands of the amazing team of doctors, nurses and research staff of the Herma Heart Center at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
Anyone who knows our Lil' "A", knows that he lives his life at full throttle! Anthony gives 200% to everything he does without fail. When he wants to do something, he does it - no matter who or what gets in his way! He has overcome so much adversity to become the amazing child he is today, a child whose love for life takes our breath away every single day.
Anthony has grown and thrived and become a little boy who knows he has a special heart that needs help, but also knows he is strong and brave and believes he can do anything. And we believe that he’s right. But he can not do it alone. We are tremendously blessed to have Children’s Hospital and its Herma Heart Center available to us to provide Anthony with the cutting edge treatment he needs to save his life. Our dream for Anthony is not just that he survives, but that he thrives. The amazing team at the Herma Heart Center is working tirelessly to make this dream a reality for us and for many other families fighting the same battles we are.
Thanks for your interest and support!
Dave and Sarah Gomez - parents of Anthony "Lil' A" Gomez
