Pediatric Transplant Center Patient Stories

After suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, Gabo needed a heart transplant. A year later, this active 9-year-old is participating in his favorite activities again, including hiking, skateboarding and ballet. 

Five-year-old Jaxon is playing soccer and baseball for the first time after a successful kidney transplant surgery on Christmas Day 2020.

Born with a rare lung disorder, Leah is one of the youngest patients to go from a heart-lung bypass machine to successful lung transplant.

Despite Jacob’s weakened condition, CHOP successfully performed a lung transplant that other programs thought he wouldn’t survive.

As a baby, Josie received a liver transplant. This began a 10-year journey that included bonding with her donor’s family and a generous gift to help future transplant patients.

As COVID-19 swept through Philadelphia, Briana’s biliary atresia worsened. She needed a liver transplant. CHOP safely performed the surgery. Now Briana’s future is bright.

Tenlee was 3 days old when her family learned reconstructive surgery wouldn't be enough to save her life — she needed a new heart.

When seemingly healthy Angy-Mike was diagnosed with cardiac disease, his family was shocked. A new heart got this high school wrestler back on the mat.

As an infant, Owen needed three open-heart surgeries. As a teen, he needed a new kidney — which his mother donated.