Draper twin who received heart transplant improving, other waiting for new heart
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:48 PM EST
... Seven-month-old Nick Draper, who received a heart transplant from four-month-old brain dead baby Jordan York, has improved and his chest has been stitched shut at the UCLA Medical Center. Nick''s twin, Nate, however, is still awaiting a new heart. Both the twins were born with a condition called dilated cardiomyopathy, wherein some muscles of the heart are dilated. ...
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