Jayden’s triumph over hidden heart defects
Like many other college students, Jayden Goss was attending an Arizona State University basketball game. But as he was waiting for the game to start, he suddenly stopped being able to form words. Jayden soon discovered he had experienced a stroke. He struggled to find hospitals that could help him, but eventually Jayden wound up at Phoenix Children’s where they took a closer look at his heart. They diagnosed Jayden with three rare congenital heart defects that he had lived with since his childhood without knowing. Jayden underwent open heart surgery and later got a tattoo of his surgery date to commemorate this life-changing time. Phoenix Children’s is the only Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) treatment program in Arizona and the Southwest. While Jayden had to miss a whole year of college, he is ecstatic to return to ASU in the Spring of 2024.