SUCCESSFUL SURGERY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HEART BEATING IN IN THE NEW CHEST, LOOK PERFECT FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, A HEART TRANSPLANT ON A TEN MONTH OLD BABY BOY. SUCCESSFUL. THE FAMILY AND THIS. THIS YOUNG BOY PARKER HAVE BEEN THROUGH AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF STRESS AND A LOT THAT MOST PEOPLE WON’T EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN THEIR LIVES. DOCTOR BURKHART LED THE SURGERY TEAM WITH NOW GIVEN A NEW LEASE ON LIFE WITH THE NEW NORMALLY FUNCTIONING HEART WAS A RELIEF. A HEART PROCEDURE LIKE THIS ON A LITTLE BABY IS RARE, AND HE SAYS HE HAD NOTHING BUT CONFIDENCE IN THE TEAM AROUND HIM AT OU HEALTH. HAVING A TEAM THAT HADN’T DONE THAT FOR THE MOST PART WAS A BIG DEAL, AND I THOUGHT IT WENT VERY SMOOTHLY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS THAT ONE OF THESE HAD BEEN DONE. OU HEALTH SAYS THIS TEN MONTH OLD BOY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR A NEW HEART FOR ALMOST 300 DAYS. HE’D BEEN LIVING WITH PULMONARY STENOSIS, OR HEART VALVE DISEASE. ABOUT 400 450 DONE IN CHILDREN PER YEAR IN THE U.S. AND THAT’S ALL AGES, BABIES ONLY ABOUT 100 PER YEAR. AND HE ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO BECOME ORGAN DONORS. IT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE IN A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION FOR SOMEONE ELSE, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DONATE THOSE ORGANS TO SAVE OTHER LIVES IS SUPER IMPORTANT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THESE CHILDREN OFTENTIMES CANNOT GET A LIFE SAVING ORGAN. I’M TOLD PARKER, THE TEN MONTH OLD, IS RECOVERING WELL AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO HOME IN A FEW MORE WEEKS.
OU Health performs its first heart transplant on a baby in nearly 30 years
Doctors at OU Health performed a high-stakes surgery this month on a baby boy who needed a heart transplant, a procedure that hasn’t been done at the hospital since 1995.
Updated: 7:18 AM CDT Oct 23, 2024
Doctors at OU Health performed a high-stakes surgery this month on a baby boy who needed a heart transplant, a procedure that hasn’t been done at the hospital since 1995. Harold Burkhart, a cardiothoracic surgeon, led the surgery team that performed a heart transplant on a 10-month-old baby. >> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.”When you look at the heart beating in the new chest, it looked perfect from a technical standpoint,” Burkhart said. “The family and this young boy, Parker, have been through an incredible amount of stress, more than other people will go through in their lives.” Heart procedures like this are rare on babies, and the surgeon said he had nothing but confidence in the team around him at OU Health. “We’ve now given a new lease on life, with a new functioning heart, and it was a relief,” Burkhart said. “Having a team that hadn’t done that for the most part was a big deal, and I thought it went very smoothly.”OU Health said this 10-month-old boy had been waiting for a new heart for nearly 300 days. He had been living with pulmonary stenosis, or heart valve disease. “This is the first time in about 30 years where one of these has been done,” R. Erik Edens, medical director of the Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant Program, said. “Only about 400 or 450 are done in children per year in the U.S., and that’s all ages. With babies, only about 100 per year.” >> Download the KOCO 5 AppThe doctors encouraged people to become organ donors, saying it could be the difference in a life-or-death situation for someone else. “For them to be able to donate organs to save other lives is super important because, otherwise, a lot of times these children cannot get a life-saving organ,” Edens said. Parker, the baby who received the transplant, is recovering well. He should be able to go home in a few weeks. Top Headlines Suspect taken into custody after shooting near Norman elementary school Why was an 18-year-old working an overnight shift alone at 7-Eleven when she was killed? Oklahoma lawmaker wants to ensure corporal punishment for special needs students remains an option OKC police arrest 23-year-old suspect in connection with deadly 7-Eleven stabbing ‘OnlyFans’ content creator accused of fatally shooting customer at OKC apartment complex
Doctors at OU Health performed a high-stakes surgery this month on a baby boy who needed a heart transplant, a procedure that hasn’t been done at the hospital since 1995.
Harold Burkhart, a cardiothoracic surgeon, led the surgery team that performed a heart transplant on a 10-month-old baby.
>> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
“When you look at the heart beating in the new chest, it looked perfect from a technical standpoint,” Burkhart said. “The family and this young boy, Parker, have been through an incredible amount of stress, more than other people will go through in their lives.”
Heart procedures like this are rare on babies, and the surgeon said he had nothing but confidence in the team around him at OU Health.
“We’ve now given a new lease on life, with a new functioning heart, and it was a relief,” Burkhart said. “Having a team that hadn’t done that for the most part was a big deal, and I thought it went very smoothly.”
OU Health said this 10-month-old boy had been waiting for a new heart for nearly 300 days. He had been living with pulmonary stenosis, or heart valve disease.
“This is the first time in about 30 years where one of these has been done,” R. Erik Edens, medical director of the Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant Program, said. “Only about 400 or 450 are done in children per year in the U.S., and that’s all ages. With babies, only about 100 per year.”
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
The doctors encouraged people to become organ donors, saying it could be the difference in a life-or-death situation for someone else.
“For them to be able to donate organs to save other lives is super important because, otherwise, a lot of times these children cannot get a life-saving organ,” Edens said.
Parker, the baby who received the transplant, is recovering well. He should be able to go home in a few weeks.
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