Scampering around the floor of her father’s family room in Cherry Hill, 1-year-old Syah Weddington is quicker on four limbs than two.

After she makes a few passes, crawling from one end of the room to the other, her mom scoops her up to her lap. The baby’s labored breathing is audible. “You hear the panting and you can feel her chest moving rapidly,” said her mom, Briana Seimah. “Sometimes I just take her, pull her to the side and let her take a little break before she gets back to playing.”

Syah moves and chatters like most other babies her age. But beneath her ruffled pink shirt, her heart is different. Scars down the center of her chest and across her left shoulder blade chronicle two heart surgeries she endured in her first six months. At age 3, she’ll have another. 3D-printed models: About 1% of babies are […]

Click here to view original web page at www.yorkdispatch.com