Rose family on stage at 2025 Côtes du Coeur

Heather Rose was born with five heart defects, and her parents were told by doctors that had she been born just three years earlier, she would have been a “blue baby” with little chance of survival. She underwent multiple open-heart surgeries in her early years before ultimately receiving a heart transplant in her mid-thirties. Today, Heather inspires others—especially parents of children born with heart defects—by showing what is possible thanks to research and medical advancements fueled by events like Côtes du Coeur.

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