The world’s first baby heart transplant recipient celebrated his 40th birthday with his care team at Loma Linda University Hospital on Wednesday.
His name is Eddie Anguiano, but he’s also known as “Baby Moses.” Anguiano celebrated this milestone with the Loma Linda University Medical Center doctors and nurses who made history on Nov. 20, 1985 when they successfully transplanted an infant heart into him when he was just four days old.
His mom, Maria Aguirre, told KNX News’ Karen Adams how Anguiano was born with the same congenital heart defect that took the life of her baby girl the year before…