Tallahassee 3-year-old recovers from life-threatening heart defect
Tallahassee 3-year-old recovers from life-threatening heart defect For Heart Health Awareness Month, ABC 27 is introducing you to a local girl who beat the odds. and last updated 2021-02-17 09:30:40-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Each year, more than 40,000 babies are born with a congenital heart defect, making it the leading cause of death for infants. For Heart Health Awareness Month, ABC 27 is introducing you to a local girl who beat the odds. Halie Pullen describes the moment she found out her baby, Emerson, had a heart defect. "It was scary,â said Pullen. "Although she was perfe...