{"id":6403,"date":"2025-08-12T12:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/?p=6403"},"modified":"2025-08-12T12:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:05:49","slug":"after-emergency-open-heart-surgery-how-is-bret-baiers-16-year-old-son-paul-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/?p=6403","title":{"rendered":"After emergency open-heart surgery, how is Bret Baier\u2019s 16-year-old son Paul doing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News anchor Bret Baier\u2019s 16-year-old son, Paul, underwent his fifth open-heart surgery in 2024 after doctors discovered a life-threatening, golf ball-sized aneurysm near his heart. What began as a routine cold turned serious when Paul\u2019s mother, Amy, pushed for further testing due to his history of heart defects. A chest X-ray and MRI revealed the aneurysm, which could have ruptured at any moment.<\/p>\n<p>Paul bravely faced the emergency 10-hour surgery, saying, \u201cLet\u2019s do what we have to do.\u201d The night before, he shared a special moment golfing with his dad. The surgery was successful, and Paul began a six-week recovery focused on rest, healthy eating, and walking.<\/p>\n<p>Born with five congenital heart defects, Paul has endured over a dozen surgeries. His resilience and positive attitude have inspired many. As Amy shared, \u201cGratitude is the attitude.\u201d As of May 2025, no new public updates have been released, but Paul is expected to recover well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News anchor Bret Baier\u2019s 16-year-old son, Paul, underwent his fifth open-heart surgery in 2024 after doctors discovered a life-threatening, golf ball-sized aneurysm near his heart. What began as a routine cold turned serious when Paul\u2019s mother, Amy, pushed for further testing due to his history of heart defects. A chest X-ray and MRI revealed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/?p=6403\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;After emergency open-heart surgery, how is Bret Baier\u2019s 16-year-old son Paul doing?&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6405,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6403\/revisions\/6405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realvoicestudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}