IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Mikai Phelps is five years old, and was born with only one working heart ventricle.
Last weekend, he stepped up to the plate at Kinnick Stadium during a Savannah Bananas show and hit a ceremonial first-pitch home run in front of about 70,000 fans.
Mikai was born with only one ventricle functioning. He had his first surgery at 11 days old at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital and underwent two additional surgeries after that…