HOSPITALS IN MINNESOTA . >>> TODAY IS ALL ABOUT LOVE BUT FOR ONE FAMILY , TODAY IS ALL ABOUT LIFE. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, THE NEWBORN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH END-STAGE HEART FAILURE. THANKS TO A DONORS GIFT, THE SMITHS ARE
CELEBRATING A MUCH DIFFERENT VALENTINE’S DAY, THIS YEAR. >> Reporter: LITTLE LAUGHS AND GURGLES . >> WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERY DAY THAT HAS COME. >> Reporter: MEANS SO MUCH MORE WHEN THERE WAS A TIME THEY
WERE PRAYING . ONE YEAR AGO, VALENTINE’S DAY, THE SMITHS RUSHED TWO–WEEK-OLD MADDIE TO THE ER . IT WAS THEN THAT THEY LEARNED SHE HAD END-STAGE HEART FAILURE. KEPT ALIVE BY A HEART PUMP, SHE SPENT SEVEN
MONTHS IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR INTENSIVE UNIT AT THE SONIC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. >> TAKE IT DAY BY DAY AND KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET TO A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS. HOLD ON. THE BIG
DAY IS SEPTEMBER 7th. >> OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS WILL LAST FOR FOR A LIFETIME AND SHE WILL DO GREAT WITH IT . SHE WILL BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS YOU CAN EXPECT THAT A TODDLER WOULD BE ABLE TO DO.
>> SHE DID NOT GO THROUGH EVERYTHING SHE WENT THROUGH NOT FOR HER TO LIVE. >> Reporter: A LIFE THAT MADDIE WILL NOW LIVE TO THE FULLEST. IN MINNEAPOLIS, ERIC LYONS, WCCO NEWS. >>>
