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In Case You Missed It: Brown Meets with MUSC Children's Hospital Heart Patient
 Boy with heart defect speaks out for sick kids
The Post and Courier
Monday, June 22, 2009
Christine Chase, a North Charleston mother of two, was 18 weeks pregnant when she found out her son would be born with a congenital heart defect.
"Scary. That's the closest word I can use to describe how I felt all the time," said Chase, who quit her job as a pharmacy technician to care for her son. "It was devastating in the hospital. There was constant anxiety because we didn't know if he'd survive or not."
Matthew Chase was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a defect meaning only his right two heart chambers formed, resulting in three open-heart surgeries by age 3, all performed at the Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital.
Five years later, Matthew spent the past week as an MUSC representative in Washington for the 2009 National Association of Children's Hospitals Family Advocacy Day. He met with South Carolina's U.S. Reps. Jim Clyburn and John Spratt Jr., both Democrats, Republican Henry Brown and Republican U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint to discuss both affordable health insurance coverage and specialized, quality care for children.
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