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VIDEO: 4-year-old receives lifesaving heart transplant after waiting 1,025 days
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  • April 19, 2024

4-year-old receives lifesaving heart transplant after waiting 1,025 days

Arctura Nowak was born with an abnormally large heart. Now, post-transplant and after years in and out of the hospital, her mom wants her "to experience every joy possible."

Video by Faith Bernstein

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