Three young boys formed an enduring friendship during their year-long hospital stay awaiting heart transplants. Then they received them within days of each other.
HOUSTON — What started as long, uncertain hospital stays turned into a story of friendship, resilience and hope for three young boys at Texas Children’s Hospital.
Ahmed, Nasir and Preston — ages 6 and 7 — spent nearly a year each waiting for heart transplants, living much of that time inside the hospital. During those long days, they became best friends, leaning on one another as they faced the same life-threatening condition.
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