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The Raw Truth: Refections on being a bereaved mother and parenting our daughter with Congenital Heart Disease. I hope to inspire personal connections and create greater awareness and compassion in the world.

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About Susan Fusco-Fazio

An artist and a bereaved parent writing pivotal stories of my life; parenting Laura with Congenital Heart Disease, navigating the medical world, living with grief and loss.

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