**photo courtesy of uihc.org
A Polk City 2nd grader will be the Hawkeye’s Kid Captain when Iowa plays Purdue this Saturday. Carver Meiners was diagnosed with a rare heart condition before he was born, and had open-heart surgery when he was just six-days old at University of Iowa Stead Family Hospital. Surgeons were able to move arteries the size of a tip of a ball point pen to correct blood flow to his body. Eight years later he enjoys flag football, baseball, wrestling, and reading. He organized a book drive this year for the Children’s Hospital.
***Courtesy of Total Traffic News***
