This is an amazing story.

The heart is a wonderful organ. And this article tells a wonderful story about an artificial heart implanted in a sixteen-month old baby girl, waiting for a transplant.

A Triumph Of The Heart

By AARON SHAROCKMAN

c. 2007 St. Petersburg Times ;Distributed by The New York Times Syndicate

Alastair Thomas, 23, kissed his daughter, sixteen-month-old Alyssa Thomas, during a press conference at All Children's Hospital in Florida, Monday, May 21, 2007.

A mechanical device called a “Berlin Heart” was used to keep the infant alive long enough to get a heart transplant.

When Alyssa Thomas' tiny heart failed three months ago, a piece of German machinery kicked in. Called a Berlin Heart, the device kept Alyssa alive for 75 days until she received a new donor heart.

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Medical science makes geat strides.