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With a heart disease at birth, Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> <\/strong>shared a status update about his son William John\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 also known as Billy<\/strong>, who he shared with wife Molly McNearney<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 health on Monday, July 8, during an interview with <\/span>Entertainment Tonight<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The now 7-year-old was born on April 21,2017 and at three days old he was sent to have open heart surgery. The news was revealed on the 56-year-old\u2019s show <\/span>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/span><\/i><\/a> as he gave an emotional speech announcing that a pediatric cardiologist diagnosed him with tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia. \u201cBasically, the pulmonary valve was completely blocked and he has a hole in the wall between the left and right sides of his heart,\u201d the tv host shared.<\/span><\/p>\n

Present day, his son has had his third surgery \u2013 in May. Jimmy shared the update via an Instagram post<\/a> that captioned, \u201cThis weekend, our boy Billy had his third (of three, we hope) open heart surgery. We went into this experience with a lot of optimism and nearly as much fear and came out with a new valve inside a happy, healthy kid.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since the very first surgery, the TV personality has always been vocal about the immense gratitude he has felt for the medical professionals that have helped with his son\u2019s journey to recovery. \u201cThanks to those loving strangers who took time to pray for and send positive energy to our baby\u2026 Please share your love, hearts and prayers with them and if it moves you, support @ChildrensLA or a great children\u2019s hospital near you (@CMNHospitals). Nothing matters more than taking care,\u201d he wrote in his post.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that two months have passed by since the last open heart procedure, the father-of-four shared to <\/span>ET,<\/span><\/i> \u201cBilly\u2019s doing great. He had open-heart surgery; you know he\u2019s got the scars and everything, but he\u2019s just mentally right back where he was which is crazy. Physically, you know, we\u2019re gonna have to be careful with him for a couple of months but he\u2019s doing really well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added to the outlet how he admired how strong children can be, \u201cthey\u2019re made of rubber, you know, everybody says that kids are so resilient and the doctors actually explained it to me which I don\u2019t know why it never occurred to me before because they\u2019re still growing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n