The girl with heart failure calls dad with a message that changes life after the stay in the 200 -day hospital
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An 11 -year -old Ohio girl delivered the phone call of her life, when she told her father that she was finally receiving the heart transplant she had been waiting for.
Ava Cooper, who was born in 2014 with several heart defects, underwent his first open heart surgery with only 6 days, Swns reported.
Despite these treatments, his health took a turn in May 2024 when a sinus infection became heart failure.
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The doctors placed Cooper on the list of transplants for a new heart, which seemed to be their only possibility of survival, according to SWNS.
“Heart transplants are recommended for children who have serious heart problems,” as declared by Johns Hopkins Medicine. “These children will not be able to live unless their heart is replaced.”
Ava Cooper spent more than 200 days at the Cleveland Clinic waiting for a donor heart. (SWNS)
Several health organizations report that surgery is aimed at replacing a heart that cannot function as it should.
The healthy organ comes from a donor, typically an adult or a child who is critically ill, often due to an injury.
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Cooper spent more than 200 days at Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital while his family anxiously waited for an update. That moment came in March 2025.
His mother, Jamie Cooper, received the news that changed his life and shared it quickly with the girl’s father, Sean Cooper, who was at home with the couple’s youngest daughter.
Cooper, born in 2014, had his first open heart surgery when he had only 6 days. (SWNS)
He responded to the phone to listen to his little saying: “Daddy, I’m getting a heart.”
“Oh my God … Oh my God, Ava,” said his father about the video call, his voice sprouting with emotion, according to Swns.
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The heart transplant took place later that month, made by the pediatric and congenital cardiac surgeon Hani Najm, MD
Sean Cooper is photographed with his daughter, Ava, who received a heart transplant. (SWNS)
“I was very excited and I couldn’t believe that it was really happening,” Swns told Swns about the experience.
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After eight long months at the hospital, he was finally strong enough to return home. And for Sean, that phone call is still unforgettable.
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“Listening to Ava say those words, ‘I’m getting a heart,’ he was overwhelming,” he told Swns.
“After everything that had happened, we were finally one step closer to returning home forever.”
Khloe Quill is a lifestyle production assistant with News Digital. She and the lifestyle team cover a variety of stories issues that include food and drink, travel and health.