Jessica Eastes was a cardiac nurse when she learned she was in heart failure and would need a transplant to survive.

Now, after surgeons removed half her heart in a desperately difficult operation, she is astonishing everyone with her progress. The brave two-year-old has survived some of the most complicated ...

Channel 11′s Susan Koeppen introduces us to a local boy born with half a heart who keeps beating the odds. His doctors call him a miracle. Luka McDonald wasn’t supposed to make it to 12.

“She essentially has half a heart,” Hickey explains. “These are some of the most extreme transplants in terms of risk and complexity. In all the databases and registries, this category of ...

Jessica had a “complicated cardiac lesion,” says Dr. Edward Hickey, surgical director of the program. “She essentially has half a heart,” Hickey explains. “These are some of the most extreme ...