Items Tagged ‘ECMO’
September 13, 2016
Parents of Heart Transplant Recipient Send Donor ‘Gift of Love and Light’
By In the Loop 
In May, Aria Grams turned 2. But today, Sept. 13, her family is celebrating a second birthday of sorts. That’s because it’s the one-year anniversary of Aria’s life-saving heart transplant, thanks to a generous gift from another 2-year-old. And tonight, the Grams family will host an event they’re calling Lanterns to Heaven “to show our […]
Tags: dilated cardiomyopathy, ECMO, heart transplant, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, pediatrics
August 27, 2015
Hope for Healing Aria’s Broken Heart
By In the Loop
UPDATE: Aria received a heart transplant on Sunday, Sept. 13. See the story on KAAL-TV’s website or see Aria’s Facebook page. “Are you going to fix Aria’s broken heart?” Noah, age 3, and Tristan, age 5, ask their sister’s doctors. “They know Aria is really sick,” says mom, Tara Grams. It’s all still hard for Tara and her […]
Tags: dilated cardiomyopathy, ECMO, heart failure, restrictive cardiomyopathy