Infant leaves UCLA's Mattel hospital for home with a transplanted heart | UCLA Health
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Channel: UCLA Health · 2015 · Science & Technology
Staff at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA witnessed a happy ending today instead of what could have easily been a tragic one when they bid farewell to five-week-old Dravyn Johnson, who went home with his mother, Nicole Eggleston, and two older brothers after becoming the hospital’s second youngest heart transplant recipient. He was only 23 days old when he received his new heart, which was the size of a strawberry. “All of our heart transplant patients are special, but I think this one was special because we knew there was a risk we might not find a donor in time,” said Dr. Juan Alejos, professor of pediatric cardiology and director of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA Read more at https://www.uclahealth.org/news/infant-leaves-uclas-mattel-hospital-for-home-with-a-transplanted-heart
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