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Emotional Moment as Mother Meets Boy With Her Daughter’s Heart

A year ago, in January 2023, Lena, a young girl from Kentucky, was fighting for her life as her mother, Denise Bargo, desperately tried to revive her.  “Lena started throwing up and had a fever,” she remembers. “She went limp in my arms, and I gave her CPR. I gave her breath to Corbin Hospital. ...

Nathan Machoka

Lena Skye Bargo with her mother.

Taiwan Hospital Performed Groundbreaking Heart Transplant Surgery

During Ms. Chen’s tour of Japan in October 2018, she was stung by a bee and ended up requiring heart transplant surgery. Being severely allergic to bee venom, she suffered from pain and swelling around the area of the bee sting. On her return to Taiwan, Ms. Chen visited her physician, who ordered some exploratory ...

Armin Auctor

The heart transplant team.