Please send Kinsley your best wishes! She’s doing well after having open heart surgery at just two weeks old! When Kinsley’s mom, Britanie, was 22 weeks pregnant, providers at another location were unable to find the left side of her baby’s heart during a scan.   Britanie came to #UCSF in January 2025, and further tests revealed that her baby had #AorticStenosis, a condition where the aortic valve narrows, restricting blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body.   Britanie returned to UCSF frequently for monitoring and delivered Kinsley that May, after a 5-week stay in the hospital. Dr. V. Mohan Reddy performed the newborn’s 12-hour surgery, removing Kinsley’s faulty heart valve and creating a new one using graft tissue. Later, our doctors found that Kinsley was outgrowing the new valve too quickly, so in December, they placed a stent.   Kinsley will need more surgeries throughout her lifetime, but she is doing great! She loves spending time with her family in #SuisunCity, playi...