Jimmy Kimmel talks about son's heart disease

> MORE DOCTORS AND NURSES, IT
IS TERRIFYING THIN. MY WIFE IS
BACK IN THE RECOVERY ROOM AND
SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING
ON.
>>> THAT WAS SO EMOTIONAL.
A STORY EVERYONE IS TALKING
ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
JIMMY KIMMEL TALKING ABOUT HIS
SON'S BIRTH IN THE BIG SCARE
FOR HIS FAMILY.
THE COMEDIAN SON NEEDED SURGERY
FOR CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT.
A CONDITION THAT HAS AFFECTED
SEVERAL FAMILIES RIGHT HERE IN
THE TRI-STATE.
I AM JOINED NOW BY LAURA COHEN
AND HER SON HENRY IS ALSO IN
THE STUDIO.
HAPPY TO REPORT THAT YOUR SON
HENRY IS IN THE STUDIO.
YOU GUYS KNOW A LITTLE
SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT JIMMY
KIMMEL WAS TALKING ABOUT.
VERY CLOSE TO YOUR HEART, WHY?>>
HENRY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AT
FOUR YEARS OLD
WE HAD TO GO TO OPEN HEART
SURGERY AND RECOVERY FROM THAT
WHEN HE WAS JUST I HAVE SIX
MONTHS OLD.
>> DID YOU FIND OUT?
WERE YOU UP TO SEE KIMMEL'S
MONOLOGUE LAST NIGHT OR DID YOU
FIND OUT ABOUT IT LATER.
>> I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT THIS
MORNING FOR FRIEND TEX.
THEY SAID THAT CHECK OUT THE
STORY AND IT REMINDS HIM
ANOTHER STRONG LITTLE BOY THEY
KNOW.
>> Reporter: THEY CHECKED IT
OUT AND WHEN YOU SAW WHAT
IMMEDIATELY POPPED INTO YOUR
MIND?>> MY FIRST REACTION WAS
POSITIVE.
IT MIGHT SOUND FUNNY BUT I
THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT THIS IS
GOOD BECAUSE IT WILL BRING
AWARENESS CONSIDERING HEART
DEFECTS.>>> WIRE AWARENESS SO
IMPORTANT.
>> AWARENESS -- AWARENESS IS SO
IMPORTANT AS WE NEED THE
FUNDING, THE DOLLARS, AND
INFORMATION FOR MEDICAL CARE.
THESE CHILDREN WITH HEART
DEFECTS ARE LIVING LONGER AND
LONGER CAN EXPECT HELP FULL
LIVES AND WE NEED TO HELP THEM
WITH THAT.
>>> DO YOU THINK THAT WAS HARD
FOR HIM TO DO?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE RAW EMOTION YOU HAVE WHEN
YOU FIRST GET A DIAGNOSIS IS
EARTH SHATTERING.
FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP
THERE AND SHARE THAT NEWS IT
WAS AMAZING.>> Reporter: WE
SPOKE EARLIER TODAY.
YOU SAID THAT HE EVEN KNEW SOME
OF THE SAME WORDS THAT YOU USE
TO DESCRIBE IT.
THAT IS HOW CLOSE THE STORIES
ARE.
LIKE TERRIFYING.
WHEN YOU GOT THE NEW
YOU WROTE A BLOG.
WHY DID YOU WRITE THE BLOG?
>> SAME IDEA TO BRING AWARENESS.
ABOUT CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS,
AND TO INFORM PEOPLE THAT THESE
EFFEC -- DEFECTS DO EXISTWE
CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE SUPPORT.
>> WE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT
HENRY IS IN THE STUDIO.
WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE VIDEO OF
HENRY RIGHT NOW.
WE WANT HIM TO WAIVE.
>> BYE-BYE.
>> [LAUGHTER]
THERE IS HENRY AND YOUR SISTER-
IN-LAW AND YOUR OTHER BROTHER
WILLIAM IS HERE AS WELL.
THERE WE GO.
SO GREAT TO SEE YOUR HAPPY
FAMILY.
REALLY, YOURS IS A STORY OF
HOPE.
YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING AT THE
BEGINNING OF YOUR JOURNEY BEING
REDUCED TO TEARS
THEN YOU TALK LATER ABOUT THERE
BEING HOPE, WHY?
>> I THINK IN THOSE EARLY DAYS,
IT IS HARD TO SEE PAST THE
FEAR.
AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE SCARY
DAYS AROUND SURGERY AND YOU
COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU
TRULY DO REALIZE THAT ALL YOU
HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IS HER
CHILD'S FUTURE AND THAT IS AN
INCREDIBLE FEELING.
>>> FR JIMMY CAMPBELL AND YOU
WERE SPEAKING WITH JIMMY KIMMEL
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HIM?
>> I WOULD SAY TRIED NOT TO
RUSH THESE TERRIFYING DAYS
AWAY.
AS TERRIFYING AS THEY ARE,
IT'LL GO AWAY BUT YOU WILL
DEFINITELY GET TO THAT AND YOU
WILL GET TO THE OTHER SIDE AND
EVERYTHING WILL BE GREAT.
I ALSO HAVE A PERSONAL BLOG
WHERE I WRITE ABOUT HENRY STORY.
>>> CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S.
THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT
THAT YOU CAME HERE AND SHARED
YOUR STORY.
IT IS A STORY THAT WE ARE SEEING
SO MANY PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION

Jimmy Kimmel talks about son's heart disease

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