A 15-year-old Naples boy who suffered a stroke just hours after receiving a life-saving heart transplant, woke up and started speaking just seconds after pulling life support according to his family.
Fox 4’s Eric Lovelace shows us Paxton’s miracle:
“He just cannot be held down”: Naples teen defies odds after stroke following heart transplant surgery
Paxton West’s family says he has battled heart problems his entire life, undergoing his first open-heart surgery at just 3 days old due to a congenital heart defect.
His mother, Jennie West, says she spent years preparing for the inevitable need for a heart transplant.
Paxton’s condition remained relatively stable until he collapsed at school one day, his mother said…