Doctors say that the transplanted heart can from a young white kid... Doctors went on to say that this may cause this troubled colored boy to change his life - He may finish school - he may get a job, he may marry a women before impregnating her, he may even become a right wing conservative Republican.
An Atlanta teen initially denied a place on the nation's heart transplant waiting list because of the vague reason of 'non-compliance', has finally received a new heart.
Diagnosed with an enlarged heart and given six months to live, Anthony Stokes, 15, and his family had labeled Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's seemingly arbitrary decision as a 'death sentence'.
Stokes underwent surgery on Tuesday evening, just 10 days after his family complained publicly that he was unfairly rejected because of past failure to take medicine and show up for doctors' appointments.
Civil rights groups became involved with the case last week and Stokes' mother Melencia Hamilton gave several emotional interviews to Atlanta television stations.
A few days later, the hospital reversed course and added Stokes, who suffered from a weakened, enlarged heart that couldn't pump blood efficiently, to its waiting list.
Stokes is currently recovering in the intensive care unit of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Wednesday, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Citing patient privacy, the hospital would not release further details of the case but said it has performed 10 heart transplants so far this year, three in the past week.
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