{"id":7176,"date":"2023-08-11T08:10:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T15:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7176"},"modified":"2023-08-11T08:11:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T15:11:01","slug":"1st-domino-transplant-performed-in-babies-saves-2-girls-born-with-heart-defects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/08\/11\/1st-domino-transplant-performed-in-babies-saves-2-girls-born-with-heart-defects\/","title":{"rendered":"1st &#8216;domino&#8217; transplant performed in babies saves 2 girls born with heart defects"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7176\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p><em>When the Skaats family learned baby Mia needed a new heart they felt devastated. But Mia helped another family in domino heart transplant, a first in babies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Meghan Holohan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Mia Skaats was only 10 days old, she began breathing rapidly, and her mom, Nicole Skaats, immediately knew something was wrong. Doctors eventually determined the newborn had cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart struggles to bump blood to the rest of the body, and she was in heart failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mia needed a heart transplant, so when one became available, the Skaats family felt overjoyed their daughter, born in September 2022, would have a new chance at life.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/health\/1st-domino-transplant-babies-rcna98743\">Check out the full story <\/a>from NBC&#8217;s Today.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7176\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading When the Skaats family learned baby Mia needed a new heart they felt devastated. But Mia helped another family in domino heart transplant, a first in babies. 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