College student from Chicago beats the odds, celebrates Christmas with new heart after surgery
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Christmas at home — it’s an extra special gift for a college student this year, who made a remarkable recovery after undergoing a life-saving surgery.
20-year-old Korey Meyers has a lot to be grateful for this Christmas. Not long after successfully undergoing surgery for a heart transplant at Northwestern Medicine’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, he was able to ring the transplant bell.
WGN’s Jewell Hillery reports on the story.
