Valentina Garnetti (Credit: Francesca Garnetti) RIVERVIEW, Mich. - Valentina Garnetti will turn two years old in May and has already spent most of her life inside a hospital room.694 days to be exact.
Most of that time was spent at the University of Michigan’s CS Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.Valentina was born May 1, 2019, with a congenital heart defect, hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the condition affects normal blood flow through the heart.
The CDC estimates 1,025 babies in the United States are born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome each year."She was missing a left chamber of her heart," her mother Francesca told FOX Television Stations Saturday..