11-year-old girl gets heart transplant after visit by Drake | Inquirer Entertainment

11-year-old girl gets heart transplant after visit by Drake

/ 08:30 PM August 28, 2018

This Aug, 20, 2018 photo provided by the rapper Drake shows him posing with Sofia Sanchez,at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.  AP

CHICAGO — 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 dancing in a hospital hallway to his song, “In My Feelings.” The video inspired a viral dance craze.

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Cardiovascular surgeon Carl Backer tells WLS-TV that Sofia’s 12-hour surgery went extremely well, although the first 48 hours after are critical.

A Facebook video shows Sofia being told of the transplant on Sunday and then exclaiming “I’m getting a heart, Mom? Oh my God!” /ee

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