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Courtesy of Abigail Robinson(NEW YORK) Elias Robinson-Rodriquez was just 11 months old when he underwent a type of heart transplant so rare it had previously been performed on only six children globally. Elias, now 1, was born with a congenital heart defect called transposition of the great arteries, in which the two main arteries leaving the heart are reversed. In Elias case, the part of his heart that pumps blood to the body was obstructed, according to Dell Children s Medical Center, the Texas hospital where he was treated. Elias parents, Abigail Robinson and Christian Rodriquez, said they learned of their son s heart condition when Robinson was around five months pregnant. "From the moment that I found out, it was a little hard for me because, you know, it s our son," Rodriquez told ABC News Good Morning America. "We want the best for him." Elias was born on July 14, 2022, about four weeks prior to his due date, according to Robinson. Just four weeks a

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