One night, about 10 years ago, as I was trying to fall asleep,  the phrase, "cardiac rehab for children" popped into my head. Realizing that this made no sense, my first thought was that since I became a stay-at-home mom I was spending way too much time with my kids, my mind was turning to mush and I desperately needed some mental stimulation.But then the more I pondered "cardiac rehab for children," (which  kept me up the rest of the night) it hit me that this was the answer to what was bothering me years earlier when I talked to my patients and their families about their cardiac events.As I contemplated what cardiac rehab for children was supposed to mean to me, suddenly everything became very clear. Actually the idea was very simple and logical. I realized that children need to be taught how to exercise, eat nutritiously and manage stress when they are young so they will grow up with healthy habits and reduce their chances of becoming the next generation of cardiac patients.Excitedly I knew I came up with an easy solution. Unfortunately, at the time, no one else thought there was a problem.