Baby Faris is just shy of his first birthday. Very lucky to be alive - thanks to a new heart. The key was getting that heart in time. Based on American Medical Association statistics, nearly 40-percent of babies needing new hearts -die- before one becomes available.
Here's our latest report on this cute little Chicagoland boy.
By the way Faris's name means - 'polite fighter.' And he will need to continue to fight. But even so, the odds for children such as Faris are much improved from what they once were.
Statistics indicate that 15 years ago.. 73-percent of children with new hearts rejected them within the first year. But medical advances over the years have now changed that. The first year rejection rate is now down to around 25-percent.
*Click below to see our *first story on Baby Faris in March 2009.
