The Heart Dialogues: 7 decades after surgery a retired lawyer lives a normal life

74 Years ago Bill Causey was born a “blue baby” in Baltimore Md.

How fortunate he was that his mom saw that something was wrong and took him to their nearby Johns Hopkins Hospital. Here he was seen by a young pediatric cardiologist Dr. Helen Tausig. Bill was one of the first to receive open heart surgery using the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig Shunt. Find out how his life was affected and think about how you can add to the stories of success for the 1 in 100 children born “blue babies” in the developing world through Gift of Life North East Ohio.

From Wall Street Journal Blogger Leigh Camping-Carder