By james art 
Sandy – Falon Williams is the busy mother of two who also lives with a heart rate.
“I’m very, very tired all day,” she said. “I try very hard, just listen to my body and not to redirect.”
Williams was born with a defect in atrioventricular canal, a congenital heart defect in which a hole between cardiac chambers prevents the proper blood flow. Her condition led to several surgeries and put restrictions on her childhood.
“I wanted to play football and I couldn’t,” she said. “I just felt that the condition was managing my life.”
Heart diseases remain the leading cause of death in the United States and millions of adults and children live with heart defects.
While Williams did not think the condition was hereditary, her daughter was also diagnosed with a similar heart defect and underwent an outdoor heart surgery at the age of 3.
“It was really hard to just see her go through something I know how she can affect your life,” she said. “I didn’t want her to go through the same things so she couldn’t play football if she wanted or couldn’t go to play Dogel with her friends. I just didn’t want her to have the same restrictions that I have.”
Congenital heart defects are the most common type of congenital defect affecting nearly 40,000 American babies a year.
Williams’ journey was not easy, but she and her family are oriented with the challenges.
Fallon managed to strengthen her heart through medication and fitness – she even now teaches cycling indoors.
“I have the feeling that everything is possible, even under these heart conditions,” she said.
She wants other women to make their health a priority.
“Heart defects are the number one killer of women. Women wear so many hats and we don’t always spend time for ourselves, especially mothers,” she said. “Make sure you know your number. The number of blood pressure, the heart rate of rest, the heart rate when you work, if one of them seems off, just go to a doctor. Just check because you never know if you could Be one of these numbers in these statistics. “
Williams was nominated for a woman to influence the American Cardiac Association, where she helps to raise money to explore the heart of the heart. Learn more about her campaign here.
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