Nicole had no idea how common heart conditions are, until she gave birth to her son

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Queanbeyan mother Nicole Oliver says she had no idea how common heart conditions were until her son Jack was born with Tetralogy of Fallot. Jack spent his first week in intensive care and later had open-heart surgery at six months old at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.
Now eight, he is healthy and enjoys football. Nicole credits support from HeartKids, Tresillian and Miracle Babies for helping her family.
She now takes part in HeartKids' Two Feet and a Heartbeat charity walk each year, which is set to be held at Bowen Park on Sunday, 18 October.

Nicole had no idea how common heart conditions are, until she gave birth to her son — Photo: Region Canberra Community

11d· Published 15 Oct 2026· 1 min readHealth

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