Meet the 7-year-old boy who beat death with mechanical heart (for four months)

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Published Mar 14, 2025

Chase Porter is a medical miracle. The 7-year-old had a heart condition that couldn’t be fixed and nearly died multiple times.

He is one of only four Kiwi kids to live on a mechanical heart. Then he even had a heart transplant.

The reality is that Chase most likely should not have survived all this.

But he did, thanks to @StarshipFoundation. And in one of the most positive stories ever - he’s now just like any other kid. | Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB

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