Name: 14-year-old gets donor heart using new technolgy
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Description: A Duke pediatric patient and her family are celebrating a second chance at life, and her transplant surgery offers hope for many children who may one day face the same need.

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A Duke pediatric patient and her family are celebrating a second chance at life, and her transplant surgery offers hope for many children who may one day face the same need.

ON WRAL AND SUNDAY MORNING AT 8:30 ON FOX 50. >>> A TEENAGER HEART PATIENT AT DUKE HOSPITAL AND HER FAMILY CAN CELEBRATE A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE. THE 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS THE FIRST TO RECEIVE A DONOR HEART USING THE LATEST ORGAN PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY. T WRAL'S KEN SMITH EXPLAINS WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR OTHER CHILDREN. >> Reporter: THE 14-YEAR-OLD WAS BORN WITH A FEW SETBACKS, INCLUDING A GENETIC SYNDROME AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS. HER HEART WAS NOT A WORRY UNTIL LAST FEBRUARY. >> AND WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS PNEUMONIA AND LATER TO FIND OUT A DAY LATER IT WAS HEART FAILURE. >> Reporter: HER MOM ENDED UP BRINGING HER DAUGHTER TO DUKE. MENT THE FAMILY WAS FACED WITH TEMPORARY OPTIONS TO KEEP HER EYE LIVE. >> BUT WE TRIED THAT WOULD BE A BRIDGE TO GETTING A HEART TRANSPLANT. >> Reporter: WHILE THE PORTABLE DEVICE KEPT BLOOD PUMPING THROUGH HER HEART, HER FAMILY KNEW SHE NEEDED A DONOR'S HEART. TRANSPLANTS ARE RARELY DONE IN CHILDREN, THOUGH. THEY WERE READY TO HELP WITH A NEW TECHNOLOGY CALLED DONATION AFTER CIRCULATORY DEATH OR D. C.D. >> IT IS ESSENTIALLY A WAY TO RAPIDLY REANIMATE THE HEART IN ORDER TO RESTORE BLOOD FLOW, PROTECT THE ORGAN AND ALLOW IT TO BE USED FOR A TRANSPLANT. >> Reporter: IN MAY, THEY ALLOWED ITS AS COMPASSIONATE USE FOR WHAT WOULD BECOME THE FIRST PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANT WITH D. C.D. TECHNOLOGY. >> AND SHE GOT HER NEW HEART ON AUGUST 31st. WHILE SHE CONTINUES RECOVERY, HER MOM REFLECTS ON WHAT HER DAUGHTER'S STORY MAY MEAN FOR OTHER CHILDREN IN NEED OF A HEART. >> IT DIDN'T REALLY SINK IN UNTIL AFTER SHE HAD HAD HER SURGERY HOW BIG THIS WAS, AND HOW IT WAS A GAME CHANGER. >> Reporter: KEN SMITH, WRAL NEWS. >> WHAT A JOURNEY FOR THAT 14- YEAR-OLD AND HER FAMILY. >>> A NUMBER OF CHILDREN RECEIVED EARLY VERSIONS OH OF TO TRANSPLANT IN THE '80S, BUT THAT METHOD HAD LIMITATIONS.

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14-year-old gets donor heart using new technolgy

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