Toddler gets lucky with 2nd heart
A 20-month-old whose first heart transplant did not take, amazingly found another donor within days and so far so good.
Today a heart is beating strongly in Kobe’s chest — after a second transplant last week. It’s a first for the Mayo Clinic, doing two heart transplants on one child in the span of a week.
“We were very, very lucky,” said Dr. Joseph Dearani, Kobe’s transplant surgeon. “And sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.”
Kobe was diagnosed at three months with a heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy. For no known reason his heart became enlarged and weak. Other than drugs to help his heart pump, there is no treatment. Except a transplant.
Information from: http://www.startribune.com/science/20747...
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1. Marie
August 8, 2008 @ 8:11 am
My heart goes out to child , family and doctors what a tremendous outcome thats amazing 2hearts within a week a real god send miracle.
My son was born with cardimyopathy and at the age of 10yrs he was diagnosed with Barth Syndrome, he was told there was no cure, at the age of 5 & 10 drs considered a heart transplant was never done as he was at risk.
more info look into the Barth Syndrome foundation website.
Love & Blessings to the Family xxx