Episode #38
38. Pediatric Cardiology NP to Heart Mom: Sheradon Waits Story form Both Sides of the Bed
Summary: Sheridan Waits has spent 19 years as a pediatric cardiology nurse practitioner. She's cared for hundreds of heart families in the ICU. But 13 years into her career, everything changed when her own daughter, Mabry, was diagnosed in utero with heterotaxy — a rare condition including a right-sided stomach, double outlet right ventricle, TGA, multiple VSDs, and pulmonary stenosis. Overnight, Sheridan became both provider and heart mom. In this conversation, we talk about: The moment Sheridan's own fetal ultrasound turned into a diagnosis she recognized before the doctor even finished explaining it What it's like to sit in the same waiting rooms and hear the same conversations she'd walked past for years as a provider The guilt of wondering if her own CHD history played a role How "small victories" look different when you've watched your child fight for every milestone What she's learned about perspective — for families in the ICU for a day, and families there for months How faith and medicine have worked together, not against each other, in Mabry's story Mabry today: six years old, playing soccer, chasing a backhand spring, and living fully This episode is for anyone who has ever sat bedside and wondered how life could look normal again — and for the providers who walk beside them every day. Sponsors & Show Support: Stronger Hearts Foundation: strongerheartsfoundation.com Instagram: @strongerheartsfoundation Support Tiny Little Hearts — 10% of listener proceeds go to Stronger Hearts Foundation Register for the Co-Op with HeartWorks Let’s Connect! Follow me on Instagram @tinylittleheartspodcast Follow me on Substack at Tiny Little Hearts Substack Keywords: congenital heart disease, heterotaxy, double outlet right ventricle, transposition of the great arteries, VSD, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, martial septal defect, fetal echocardiogram, fetal echo, biventricular repair, heart surgery recovery. Support the show
