Young Man Receives the Rare Gift of Three Transplants

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By Lynn Nichols

Joseph (Joe Joe) Sanchez-Munoz loves to dance, especially to Karol G and Bruno Mars. After his recent heart transplant at age 18, he asked his social worker if he could borrow the hospital’s helicopter to go to a Bruno Mars concert. He’s quirky and funny. And his doctors, nurses, and providers comment on his big smile, which is almost always spread across his face.

“No matter what life throws at him, he’s smiling,” says mom Elena Munoz. Read the full story from Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.

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