Georgia, center, and her siblings
Kate Bowen s youngest daughter Georgia is an ebullient toddler. She is the happiest person I know, but the most strong-willed person I know, her mom says.
But Georgia, now 2, had an incredibly rough start. Soon after she was born on May 18, 2018, she suffered a rare cardiac arrest, followed by months of life-threatening complications, many days on a machine that pumped blood through her body and finally, at four months, a life-saving heart transplant. We saw several miracles throughout, says Bowen, 38, of Duxbury, Mass. And we re still seeing them. Get push notifications with news, features and more.