11-Year-Old Girl Gets Heart Transplant After Visit By Drake
CHICAGO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A suburban Chicago girl has received a heart transplant just days after she danced her way into a hospital visit from Drake.
Surgeons performed the transplant on 11-year-old Sofia Sanchez on Monday at Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital.
The Canadian rapper visited Sofia there after seeing a video of her, tethered to an IV pump, dancing in a hospital hallway to his song, "In My Feelings." The video inspired a viral dance craze.
Cardiovascular surgeon Carl Backer says Sofia's nine-hour surgery went extremely well, although the first 48 hours after are critical. The little girl had just had open heart surgery four weeks ago.
A Facebook video shows Sofia being told of the transplant on Sunday and then exclaiming "I'm getting a heart, Mom? Oh my God!"
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