Photo: Heartkids.org
It's not just Valentine's Day today, in New Zealand February 14th is also CHD Day or "Little Heart Day", a day dedicated to bringing awareness to congenital heart defects. It's the number 1 cause of death for infants in New Zealand but is still relatively unknown for many kiwis. We speak to Matty Blackwell, a 13-year-old boy living with the disease and his idol, NZ Breakers star Tom Abercrombie, joins the conversation.
