01/10/2026
Jonah is doing great after three heart surgeries at our hospital — please congratulate his family!
During Jonah's mom's 20-week anatomy scan at a hospital in Sunnyvale, doctors discovered a congenital heart defect and referred the family to UCSF for specialized care.
Jonah had his first heart surgery at just one week old and two more surgeries a few months later.
He spent six months in our San Francisco hospital receiving care and headed home just before Thanksgiving 2024!
Jonah also was born with an omphalocele, a condition in which abdominal organs develop outside the body, and fed from a tube for his first eight months of life.
He'll need more heart and abdominal surgeries in the future, but for now, he is thriving.
“He is so resilient and just has a smile that lights up the room,” Jonah's mom, Angel, says.
