Six-year-old boy celebrates life-saving news
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- 2 Sep 2024
In a celebratory moment captured on video, six-year-old John Henry Lee, who was born with a rare heart condition, shared the ...
There's good news tonight about sharing good news, and the little boy who couldn't wait to tell the world about a life-saving update.
Hey. Hey. Oh, get in a new heart.
This is the moment of joy when six-year-old John Henry Lee finally got to share his good news with staff at the Cleveland Clinic.
Phyllis, so get in a new heart. What? Oh, my God.
There he is making the rounds this spring with mom, Sarah.
I'm so happy for you.
Giving hugs and lots of love to the nurses and doctors who'd been by his side for years.
Now get in a new heart.
Acelebration for the brave little boy, born with a rare heart condition who's been in and out of the hospital his whole life.
He was like, Wait, we got to go tell everybody. And I was like, We got to go tell everybody? He's like, Yeah, let's go.
I A proud moment for nurses like Laura Bartok, who says John Henry is her inspiration.
I think what we can learn from John Henry's attitude is realize the bigger picture of what's going on in life. We may have bad days, but these kids have to live in the hospitals, and they're still seeing the good side of life, and they're still idealistic, and they're still hopeful.
Then in May, John Henry finally got that heart going through surgery and months of rehab before an emotional send-off this summer.
Congratulations. You can hear your mommy, okay?
Everyone did this together. It's not one person did this. This is a whole community worth of people that took care of him in order to get him where he is today.
Now back home with his family. I'm playing outside. And spreading the word about the life-saving gift of organ donation.
Organ donation has given my son a second chance of life. Without organ donation, he wouldn't be able to be a kid, and he's a kid again. It's like he has a second chance at life now.
And John Henry was so inspired by all the nurses and doctors who helped him. He now wants to go into medicine when he grows up so he can do the same.
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