LOS ANGELES (WJW) – Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel says his 7-year-old son Billy is a “happy, healthy kid” after undergoing open-heart surgery over the weekend of Memorial Day.
In an Instagram post Monday, Kimmel shared a photo of Billy smiling from his hospital bed, saying his son “had his third (of three, we hope) open heart surgery.”
Billy, born in 2017 with a congenital heart condition, came out of surgery with a new valve, the show host said in his post.
Kimmel, who said his family approached the weekend with a lot of fear but also optimism, thanked the doctors, nurses and staff at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
“Walking through this hospital, meeting the most vulnerable parents, suffering children and miracle workers doing everything in their power to save them is a humbling experience,” he said.
He then thanked his family, friends and the strangers who rallied behind them, as well as his wife, Molly McNearney, for being “stronger than any mom should be.” “.
“Billy, you are the toughest (and funniest) 7-year-old we know,” Kimmel said.
Kimmel spoke about Billy’s condition on his talk show following his birth in 2017, when the newborn successfully underwent his first open heart surgery.
Billy’s condition, called tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia, is a rare heart defect that is normally diagnosed shortly after birth, when the child has visibly bluish skin, lips and nails, according to Boston Children’s Hospital.
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