{"id":448091,"date":"2025-12-15T06:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/448091\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T06:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:40:22","slug":"the-moment-a-girl-says-daddy-im-getting-a-heart-after-a-year-on-the-waiting-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/448091\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moment a Girl Says \u2018Daddy, I\u2019m Getting a Heart\u2019 After a Year on the Waiting List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Girl-tells-dad-shes-getting-heart-SWNS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"750\"\/>Girl tells her dad she\u2019s getting a new heart \u2013 SWNS<\/p>\n<p>The emotional moment an 11-year-old girl broke the news to her father that she\u2019s getting a heart transplant was captured on video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaddy, I\u2019m getting a heart!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ava was born in 2014 with several heart defects, and was just six days old when she had her first open heart surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Last year when she was ten, a sinus infection escalated, pushing her into heart failure\u2014so she was put on the transplant list.<\/p>\n<p>Ava spent more than 200 days waiting for an organ donor at the Cleveland Clinic Children\u2019s Hospital in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>But in March 2025, her mom, Jamie, received the news that Ava would be getting a new heart.<\/p>\n<p>Ava immediately wanted to call her dad, Sean, who was at home with his younger daughter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Girl-and-mom-in-hospital-vertical-SWNS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1578\"\/>Ava with her doctor \u2013 Credit: SWNS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so excited and couldn\u2019t believe it was actually happening,\u201d Ava recalled later.<\/p>\n<p>The heart transplant took place that month, performed by pediatric and congenital heart surgeon Dr. Hani Najm.<\/p>\n<p>And, Ava was able to return home after eight months in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearing Ava say those words, \u2018I\u2019m getting a heart\u2019, was overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter everything she\u2019d been through, we were finally one step closer to coming home for good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOOK<\/strong>:\u00a0<a title=\"Infant\u2019s Organ Donation Creates Lifelong Bond for Two Families, Lets Mom Hear her Late Daughter\u2019s Heart\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/infants-organ-donation-creates-lifelong-connection-for-two-families-lets-mom-hear-her-late-daughters-heart\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Infant\u2019s Organ Donation Creates Lifelong Bond for Two Families, Lets Mom Hear her Late Daughter\u2019s Heart<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WATCH the heartwarming moment below\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHARE THE GOOD NEWS With Organ Donors on Social Media\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Girl tells her dad she\u2019s getting a new heart \u2013 SWNS The emotional moment an 11-year-old girl 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