Two Toddlers, Two Heart Transplants

The Cotter family shares their heartfelt gratitude for the gift of life that both their children — Ruby and Everett "Buddy" — received, and the team at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital who made it all possible.

At 11 months, Buddy was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart is enlarged and unable to pump blood efficiently through the body. After a six-month wait that was filled with some touch-and-go moments and plenty of emotionally daunting days, Buddy underwent a successful heart transplant at just 18 months old at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital — with the same team who, more than two years ago, had performed a heart transplant on his big sister, Ruby, now 3.

On the morning of June 10, Brian was at the hospital eating breakfast and watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with Buddy when he noticed a group of doctors congregating by his son’s room. Dr. Marc Richmond, director of the Program for Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, delivered the good news the Cotter family had been waiting for: There was a donor heart for Buddy.

Read more at: https://healthmatters.nyp.org/two-toddlers-two-heart-transplants-too-many-blessings-to-count/

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