When Averi Budde was born in 2007 with congenital heart diesase her mother Staci and grandmother Vicki Isom were impressed by the dedicated nurses in the Cardiac intensive care unit.As Averi recovered from a delicate open heart surgery the mother-daughter team decided to “give back to the hospital” to show their gratitude.
Together Staci and Vicki created the Averi Budde Foundation, a non-profit organization formed to raise money to fund continuing education opportunities for the cardiac nurses. (I love those cardiac nurses!!)
This Friday I have the fortunate opportunity to meet this wonderful family and all of their associates at the first annual St. Louis Children's Hospital Cardiac Surgery in Children Conference.
The all-day event is designed to educate and/or refresh the knowledge of health care professionals caring for patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures.
I couldn't be more thrilled to be a small part of this inspiring and sold out event this Friday, September 17th, at the Chase Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri.
Accompanied me will be cellist Steven Sharp Nelson and guitarist Ryan Tilby of Stone Angel Music, Inc.
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