Heart Transplant Performed On 23-Day-Old Baby Is A Success
- 9 years ago
Doctors at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA recently performed a very delicate procedure on a then 23-day-old baby.
Doctors at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA recently performed a very delicate procedure on a 23-day-old baby. Two weeks have passed since the infant, Dravyn Johnson underwent a heart transplant and the successful operation makes him the second youngest heart transplant recipient at the hospital.
He and his mother have since been discharged and are back home. The ending is certainly a happy one but the beginning was anything but.
Drayvn's mother, Nicole was about
Doctors at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA recently performed a very delicate procedure on a 23-day-old baby. Two weeks have passed since the infant, Dravyn Johnson underwent a heart transplant and the successful operation makes him the second youngest heart transplant recipient at the hospital.
He and his mother have since been discharged and are back home. The ending is certainly a happy one but the beginning was anything but.
Drayvn's mother, Nicole was about