4 Months Without A Heart

At just 14, D’Zhana Simmons from South Carolina survived 118 days without a beating heart, sustained only by two artificial blood pumps after her first heart transplant failed. Doctors at the University of Miami performed the groundbreaking procedure — the first of its kind in a child with no native heart. During that time, she battled kidney and liver failure but refused to give up. After months of recovery, she finally received a successful second heart and kidney transplant, defying every medical expectation.