Teacher celebrating Mother’s Day with sons after life-saving transplant at Cleveland Clinic

CLEVELAND (WJW) – This Mother’s Day carries extra meaning for one New York mom after a life-saving heart transplant at the Cleveland Clinic.

Michelle Hartmann, a teacher and mother of four active boys from Ithaca, New York, first became sick last winter.

“I had the flu, actually, just a basic flu,” said Hartmann.

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Doctors said she developed an inflammation of the heart muscle often caused by viral infections…

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