SAN ANTONIO – Kids battling some very serious health difficulties got the chance to soar free and have fun, courtesy of University Health!<\/p>\n
Two dozen children born with heart defects spent Saturday trying out the kinds of camp adventures many of them don\u2019t often get to experience, from speeding down a zip line to riding horses, practicing archery, and playing games at University Health\u2019s Kids Heart Camp.<\/p>\n
The overnight camp, now in its third year, is being held at Morgan\u2019s Camp in San Antonio. The camp began Friday afternoon and will end midday Sunday. Organizers said 24 kids took part.<\/p>\n
University Health said the camp is designed for children ages 9 to 17 with congenital heart problems, giving them a chance to take part in traditional camp activities while surrounded by a support system of heart specialists and trained counselors who can recognize and respond to medical concerns.<\/p>\n
Dr. David Bush, a University Health pediatric cardiologist, said parents feel confident in their kids\u2019 safety because heart doctors and medical teams are at the camp, ready to help if they\u2019re needed.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ginnie Abarbanell, one of the founding cardiologists of the University Health Kids Heart Camp, said the experience teaches children independence and allows them to bond with other kids who have similar health conditions. \u201cSometimes our congenital heart children feel different. At this camp, they\u2019ll meet other kids who\u2019ve had similar experiences. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s incredibly reassuring for them to know they\u2019re not alone,\u201d Abarbanell said. Organizers said there were no medical emergencies during the camp.<\/p>\n
University Health invited media to attend Saturday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to noon at Morgan\u2019s Camp, 23400 Cibolo Vista, San Antonio, 78261, to interview and photograph or videotape campers and speak with medical providers about the camp\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – Kids battling some very serious health difficulties got the chance to soar free and have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-245582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}