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Jakob Fontenot is one tough kid. People five-fold his age will wince at the sight of a needle, but when Jakob was told that the intravenous needle just put into his arm would have to be reinserted, he didn’t even ask why.

At only 4 years old, Jakob recently had his third open-heart surgery at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.

Diagnosed with seven heart defects shortly after birth, Jakob has become a familiar face around the hospital. He has been looking forward to attending today’s American Heart Association Heart Walk in Texarkana, or “my Heart Walk” as ...