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Baby Oliver Crawford was born premature after his mother
delivered her at 33 weeks in Phoenix Children's Hospital with a heart defect.
His parents knew that he has dilated cardiomyopathy when his mother went to
prenatal check up at 20 weeks.
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a condition in which the
left ventricle is enlarged and weakened resulting to decrease ability of the
heart to efficiently pump. This heart defect may interfere with the normal
functions of the lungs, liver and other internal organs of the body.
Baby Oliver was born in January 5 and was on a national
waiting list by January 9. After two days, a viable heart was available. He
then underwent on heart transplant which lasted for 10 hours. Currently, he is
still confined in the hospital for close monitoring because of the invasive
procedure he underwent and his lungs are still weak but he is amazingly doing
well weighing 6.1 lbs.
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