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Cooper's Bio                                  (Return Home)

Cooper was born on Saturday, November 20, 2004. When he was born the nurse's noticed that Cooper's skin tone was bluish in nature and after almost four hours after he was born, Cooper was diagnosed with Transposition of the Great Arteries. This congenital heart defect causes the two main arteries, the Pulmonary Artery and the Aorta, to grow out of the opposite heart chambers. The defect causes the red blood and the blue blood to be segregated and never mixes depriving the body of much needed oxygenated blood.

Cooper underwent a sepal defect procedure when he was 2-days old, an open-heart surgery when he was 9-days old, an angiogram when he was 6-months old and a balloon angioplasty when he was 9-months old. He has certainly been through a lot.

Cooper understands that he must stay healthy in order for his heart to stay healthy. He is now old enough to participate in the Super Cooper Heart Run events by running in the 1-mile fun run. He is also on the Bayou Black Tarpon swim team along with his brother Remy.

While he is nearly 6 years old, Cooper still loves to be silly every chance he gets!