The Brief
- A 10-month-old girl returned home after spending 307 days in the hospital and undergoing a successful heart transplant procedure.
- Violet’s family waited 177 days on the organ donor transplant list after she went into heart failure at 2 weeks old.
- Surgeons at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Hospital confirmed the patient is expected to make a full recovery.
ATLANTA – A 10-month-old girl who spent most of her life inside a hospital is back home with her family following a successful heart transplant.
Violet was born with a heart defect called complete AV canal alongside a genetic defect, which caused her to go into heart failure when she was just 2 weeks old. She spent 307 days at the hospital.
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