# @ucsfchildrens on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOhedSvDyQr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37670199-ucsfchildrens-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-13T00:55:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UCSF Benioff Children’s (@ucsfchildrens) — https://gondola.cc/ucsfchildrens

## Caption

Please send Mateo your best wishes — he’s doing great after having #heartsurgery as a baby!
When Mateo’s mom, Deseri, was pregnant, doctors diagnosed her baby with a congenital heart defect called tetralogy of #Fallot.
Deseri traveled to #UCSF from #Eureka for monthly appointments, and in November 2022, Mateo was born at our #SanFrancisco hospital. Our team discovered Mateo actually had a less serious heart condition called a #ventricular septal defect. 
Dr. V. Mohan Reddy closed the hole in Mateo's heart when he was nine months old.
Mateo is now a happy 2-year-old, who loves monster trucks, airplanes and playing in the water. He's looking forward to his third birthday and loves going to the sanfranciscozoo!

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## Tags

ucsf, ventricular, eureka, heartsurgery, sanfrancisco, fallot

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