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Chicago Sun-Times
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‘Lifesaving gift’: Baby with rare disease gets new heart at Lurie Children’s Hospital after 218-day wait

After waiting 218 days, 8-month-old Elodie Carmen Baker has a new heart.

Elodie was diagnosed with a rare heart disease when she was only about 2 months old. After a long wait for a matching donor organ to become available she underwent a successful heart transplant March 27 at The Heart Center at Lurie Children’s Hospital.

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