If you have a child with a congenital heart defect (CHD), you have a million questions: How did this happen? What's life going to be like for my child after surgery? Will the crisis ever end? In The Parent's Guide to Children's Congenital Heart Defects, more than thirty leading experts in pediatric cardiology- cardiologists and surgeons, nurses, nutritionists, counselors, and social workers-give detailed answers in plain language to help you learn to live with your child's CHD.

Written by two parents of children with CHD in an easy-to-follow question-and-answer format, this guide brims with the latest information on diagnosis, treatment options, surgery, aftercare, and growing up day to day with CHD, along with the voices of dozens of other parents who have lived through CHD and know what you're going through. In these pages, you'll find the information, empathy, and support you need to care for your child and thrive together.

Gerri Freid Kramer is a vice president and senior writer/producer for DWJ Television, a broadcast public relations company. She lives in Tampa, Florida with her husband, Jeff Kramer, and her sons Ethan and Max. Max underwent corrective surgery for tetralogy of Fallot when he was three and a half weeks old.

Shari Maurer spent six years at the Children's Television Workshop working on international productions of Sesame Street. She lives in New City, New York with her husband, Dr. Mathew Maurer, a cardiologist at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital, and their three children, Elisabeth, Joshua, and Eric. Elisabeth was born with tetralogy of Fallot, which was repaired when she was fourteen months old.