SHOWS YOU THE EFFORT TO TRACK
THE MONEY AND WHAT EXPERTS WANT
EVERY HOMEOWNER TO KNOW.
>>> FEBRUARY IS AMERICAN HEART
MONTH. THE GOAL IS TO RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT HEART DISEASE AND FOCUS ON
HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. A FORT WORTH BOY WAS CHOSEN TO
HELP THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION DO JUST THAT.
NOELLE WALKER HAS HIS STORY. >> WRITE YOUR NUMBERS DOWN.
I WANT TO SEE HOW YOU WRITE YOUR
NUMBERS.
GIVE ME FIVE.
>> Reporter: SECOND GRADER RAMON
RODRIGUEZ JR. IS GOOD WITH
NUMBERS. BUT HE’S HAD TO COUNT THINGS
MOST OF HIS CESAR CHAVEZ
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSMATES DO
NOT.
>> HE’S HAD THREE OPEN HEART SURGERIES.
THEY DIAGNOSED HIM WITH -- IT’S
CALLED SINGLE VENTRICLE RIGHT
HYPERPLASTIC SYNDROME.
>> IT’S NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
IT’S NOT HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> THEY CAUGHT IT LIKE A
CRISSCROSS, UPSIDE-DOWN HEART.
>> RAMON WAS FOUR DAYS OLD WHEN
HE HAD HIS FIRST OPEN HEART
SURGERY. NAMED AFTER HIS FATHER, THE TWO
HAD SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON.
>> HE ALSO HAS A HEART
CONDITION.
IT’S THE SAME AS MINE.
>> JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CHILD
LIKE THIS, DON’T THINK IT’S THE
END OF THE WORLD.
IT’S A NEW CHAPTER.
>> Reporter: A CHAPTER WHERE THE
PATIENT IS THE HERO.
RAMON HAS ANOTHER THING TO COUNT, ONE HERO CAPE.
HE GOT IT THIS MONTH WHEN HE WAS
NAMED A LOCAL HEART AMBASSADOR
FOR THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION.
>> IT WAS, LIKE, ONE OF THE BEST
DAYS I HAD IN SCHOOL.
>> I AM VERY PROUD OF HIM THAT
HE’S ABLE TO SPEAK AND, KIND OF,
GIVE THAT AWARENESS OUT TO OTHER
KIDS, YOU KNOW, AND SHOW THEM
EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE
A HEART CONDITION HOW TO KEEP IT
HEALTHY. >> IT MADE MY DAY, YOU KNOW?
IT WAS THE GREATEST EXPERIENCE
FOR ME, AS A FATHER.
>> Reporter: IT ADDS UP TO
HAVING SOMEONE --
>> THAT’S GOOD PAPI. I LOVE YOU.