Sarah Arasa knows first hand what it means to be a parent to a child born with destŕocardial congenital heart disease. Her daughter who was part of KMHPA was diagnosed at birth and lost the battle in 2017 at the age of 19. Having raised a child diagnosed at birth, she can relate very well with what many parents are going through with their children at different stages of living with congenital heart disease.

She also wears the hat of a mum whose heart warrior lost the battle and so she brings to the table a great perspective on what both the patients and their families face as they seek treatment both in and out of the country. Sarah is a pillar of hope and strives to encourage other parents whose heart warriors have lost their battles.

I put priority on my health, taking charge of risk factors that l can control. It is also important to engage doctors on all health issues so that they can better work with the patients to optimize the process of treatment and healing.