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Mikayla's journey began before she entered this world on May 14, 2003. She was born with a heart defect,
and needed a pacemaker. Her first pacemaker lasted for 4 years. In October 2007, she again went in
for major surgery to have a hole in her heart repaired and also for a new pacemaker. She did fine for
3 months, then, February 1, 2008 she entered Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL to wait for a new heart.
In the meantime, Mikayla had an artificial heart, "The Berlin Heart". A matching heart was available
September 4, 2008. She has a heart transplant. She came home on September 16th. On December 2nd, Mikayla
started attending school. She is in kindergarten.
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