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Media Spotlight: WRAL features two Duke heart transplant patients
posted December 13th, 2010
Josh Winstead, 17, of Wakefield, suffered from cardiomyopathy, a condition that causes an enlarged and weakened heart muscle. He received a heart transplant at Duke Children's Hospital.
Two local families are celebrating an early Christmas present this year: Two young heart transplant patients, who suffered from the same disease, are coming home.
Seven-year old Deasia Washington had been at Duke Children's Hospital since February. She had cardiomyopathy, a condition that produces an enlarged and weakened heart muscle. The cause is unknown.
"Once she got here, she just got sicker and sicker," Deasia's mother, Veronica Williams, said.
Down the same hall at Duke Children's Hospital, 17-year-old Josh Winstead had the same problem. He was admitted in early November.