Hero 10-year-old heart transplant patient pays it forward — to save the lives of two toddlers
By Diana Bruk — Published May 7, 2025, 6:00 a.m. ET
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Doctors at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital performed an extremely rare series of surgeries in July that changed the lives of three children forever.
A heart from a deceased donor was transplanted into 10-year-old Hend Almesafri, who paid it forward by then providing her pulmonary valve to John Catoliato, 2, and her aortic valve to Teddy Carter, 3.
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Again a team of ~50 make a “triple play” IMHO. Three beautiful babies all getting a new lease on a real life without the future of more surgeries in the future.
Really amazing.
Just goes to show you what humans are capable of when someone really “makes it happen”.
I don’t care what it cost because it’s time, attention, and resources well spent.
Now let’s focus on the “lessons learned” and AAR (after action reports).
How can we as a society of caring responsible adults make this the norm rather than the “news”?
I pray this inspires everyone to look around to make their own “miracles”.
Dona Nobis Pacem
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