CHARLES TILLMAN TO TALK ABOUT THE DEVICE THAT SAVED HIS DAUGHTER’S LIFE
Later today, Chicago Bears player Charles Tillman will speak to lawmakers in Washington, DC about the Berlin Heart, the device that saved his daughter Tiana’s life last year.
“I felt it was my duty to do it,” Tillman said. “For everything [Tiana] went through and the other recipients go through, this is the least that I can do. Flying to Washington, staying in a nice hotel and speaking to [lawmakers] is easy considering what they’ve done.”
In May of last year, doctors discovered that a then three-month-old Tiana had an enlarged heart, a condition known as cardiomyopathy, which prevented Tiana’s heart from pumping blood through out her body. Doctors told Charles that his daughter wouldn’t survive without a heart transplant; finding a transplant would take months. So doctors recommended the Berlin Heart, an interim heart that is not FDA-approved.
Tiana is now 18-months-old and appears to be in good health.
“She’s loving life,” Tillman said. “She’s a typical toddler, other than doing the meds. That’s for the rest of her life, but I can work with that as long as we’ve got her.”
Awww that’s great
I’m so glad to see she’s healthy.
He looks like a great father
She is beautiful.
And he is doing a great thing
I hope this saves other lives too
girl you took the thoughts right out of my head, #1 cosign
that baby so cute and chubby, just wanna squeeze her and kiss her
Amen,
That is awesome, that little lady is adorable. God bless him for speaking up about this and letting everyone know how it can save lives.
When I saw that photo I thought it was Lamar, the singer. He’s the absolute spitting image of him!
Hope his daughter is OK, she seems well on the road to recovery.
that last line of his got me a little choked up. I ADORE good fathers.
God bless her !!
What a cutie pie and a beautiful story.
She is beautiful. God bless them.
God blesed this child…he got another plan for her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tiana is so cute. im glad everthing went well with the suurgery.