BY DIANA BALDWIN dbaldwin@opubco.com
EDMOND — Ella Turner was a kindergartner three years ago when she started her mission to help children with bad hearts.
Her cause is dear to her heart because she does it in honor of her little sister, Colby, who died when she was 2.
Colby died of complications from a rare disease, geleophysic dysplasia, which affected her heart.
Ella, 8, is an ambassador for the American Heart Association.
When she was 5, she learned at her Texas school about Jump Rope for Heart, an American Heart Association program that raises money for heart disease.
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