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A baby boy in California, is living a medical miracle after receiving a live-saving heart transplant when he was just 3 weeks old.

The baby, Dravyn Johnson, is spending his first day at home with his family from Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, just 2 weeks after the surgery.

Dravyn’s mother Eggleston found out while she was pregnant with Dravyn, her third child, that he had a severe heart problem. When Dravyn was just a few days old, his doctors discovered that his illness was worse than anyone had expected. “It had such severe disease that we were afraid that the baby could die at any moment,” Dr. Brian Reemtsen said.

Too sick to have his heart repaired, the decision was made to put Dravyn on the heart transplant list. The waiting time, doctors warned, could be up to six months. But instead it happened much faster. A heart became available in just two days.

Dravyn, at 3 weeks old, became the youngest heart transplant recipient in California in 25 years. His new heart is the size of a strawberry. Now, 2 weeks after his surgery, Dravyn is recovering well.

Dravyn is expected to keep on medication, and will need follow-up appointments. Doctors expect that his new heart should last up to 20 years before he’ll need another transplant.

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