Heart transplant saves Colorado Springs boy's life, what you should know
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[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '4.880', 'text': 'Every year, organ donations save the'}, {'start': '2.240', 'end': '7.600', 'text': 'lives of hundreds of children in our'}, {'start': '4.880', 'end': '10.880', 'text': 'state. According to Donor Alliance, more'}, {'start': '7.600', 'end': '14.160', 'text': 'than 2,000 children are waiting for a'}, {'start': '10.880', 'end': '16.240', 'text': 'lifesaving organ transplant nationwide.'}, {'start': '14.160', 'end': '18.880', 'text': "News5's Eleanor Sheen spoke with one"}, {'start': '16.240', 'end': '24.199', 'text': 'family in Colorado Springs about how a'}, {'start': '18.880', 'end': '24.199', 'text': "heart transplant saved their son's life."}, {'start': '24.720', 'end': '29.439', 'text': 'Taking a big swing,'}, {'start': '26.920', 'end': '31.840', 'text': 'goodness. and practicing running the'}, {'start': '29.439', 'end': '35.360', 'text': "bases. He's healthier than ever, which"}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '37.520', 'text': 'is amazing, is Mason Bernett. This'}, {'start': '35.360', 'end': '40.239', 'text': 'six-year-old is getting ready to start'}, {'start': '37.520', 'end': '42.399', 'text': 'T-ball next week.'}, {'start': '40.239', 'end': '44.320', 'text': "It's a milestone Mason's parents are"}, {'start': '42.399', 'end': '45.920', 'text': "grateful for. He's the only one in our"}, {'start': '44.320', 'end': '48.399', 'text': 'family with a heart condition, being'}, {'start': '45.920', 'end': '50.320', 'text': 'born with one. 24 hours after Mason was'}, {'start': '48.399', 'end': '52.800', 'text': 'born, doctors found an issue with his'}, {'start': '50.320', 'end': '54.800', 'text': 'heart. So, everything really changed'}, {'start': '52.800', 'end': '57.199', 'text': 'really fast. Mason was born with'}, {'start': '54.800', 'end': '58.559', 'text': "hypoplastic left heart syndrome. It's a"}, {'start': '57.199', 'end': '60.800', 'text': 'condition that keeps the heart from'}, {'start': '58.559', 'end': '63.120', 'text': 'pumping enough blood to his body. At'}, {'start': '60.800', 'end': '65.280', 'text': 'just 4 days old, Mason had to have his'}, {'start': '63.120', 'end': '67.439', 'text': 'first open heart surgery. Came out of'}, {'start': '65.280', 'end': '69.439', 'text': 'that doing really well. Uh we were home'}, {'start': '67.439', 'end': '72.000', 'text': 'for 2 weeks. He had to go back and get a'}, {'start': '69.439', 'end': '74.159', 'text': 'stent put in the shunt that he had done,'}, {'start': '72.000', 'end': '76.000', 'text': 'which held him over until his second'}, {'start': '74.159', 'end': '78.640', 'text': 'open heart surgery at 4 and 1/2 months'}, {'start': '76.000', 'end': '81.119', 'text': "old, which was the Hemi Fontam. Mason's"}, {'start': '78.640', 'end': '83.119', 'text': 'mother, Mate, says 5 days later, there'}, {'start': '81.119', 'end': '85.840', 'text': 'were complications. He created a blood'}, {'start': '83.119', 'end': '88.479', 'text': 'clot branching into from his aorta into'}, {'start': '85.840', 'end': '91.200', 'text': 'his pulmonary arteries that left his'}, {'start': '88.479', 'end': '93.360', 'text': 'good side of his heart terrible. Like he'}, {'start': '91.200', 'end': '95.520', 'text': 'had no heart squeeze. She says Mason was'}, {'start': '93.360', 'end': '97.439', 'text': 'placed on ECMO and bad machines to help'}, {'start': '95.520', 'end': '99.119', 'text': 'his heart function. He was 5 and a half'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '100.960', 'text': "months old. So it's like well what do"}, {'start': '99.119', 'end': '102.560', 'text': "you do when they're little and you just"}, {'start': '100.960', 'end': '104.560', 'text': 'got to kind of figure it out cuz they'}, {'start': '102.560', 'end': '106.960', 'text': "can't tell you how they feel. Mason"}, {'start': '104.560', 'end': '108.479', 'text': 'needed a heart transplant. So in 28 days'}, {'start': '106.960', 'end': '110.960', 'text': 'he went from his second open heart'}, {'start': '108.479', 'end': '113.040', 'text': 'surgery to a heart transplant. It was'}, {'start': '110.960', 'end': '115.840', 'text': 'really fast. Mason was placed on the'}, {'start': '113.040', 'end': '118.159', 'text': 'transplant list. 7 days later, he'}, {'start': '115.840', 'end': '119.759', 'text': 'received a donor heart. Had it not been'}, {'start': '118.159', 'end': '121.680', 'text': "that week, he probably wouldn't have"}, {'start': '119.759', 'end': '124.320', 'text': 'made it the next week. Getting the heart'}, {'start': '121.680', 'end': '126.000', 'text': 'transplant within a week saved his life.'}, {'start': '124.320', 'end': '128.239', 'text': 'Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I believe that'}, {'start': '126.000', 'end': '129.840', 'text': 'wholeheartedly. Dr. Melanie Everett is'}, {'start': '128.239', 'end': '131.520', 'text': 'the director of pediatric heart'}, {'start': '129.840', 'end': '133.920', 'text': "transplant at Children's Hospital"}, {'start': '131.520', 'end': '135.920', 'text': 'Colorado. She says when talking about'}, {'start': '133.920', 'end': '138.319', 'text': "organ donation, it's important to honor"}, {'start': '135.920', 'end': '141.040', 'text': "their donor's lives and their families,"}, {'start': '138.319', 'end': '143.280', 'text': "that they're not forgotten. um their"}, {'start': '141.040', 'end': '147.680', 'text': 'child is not forgotten. You know, we'}, {'start': '143.280', 'end': '149.680', 'text': 'recognize um the the lives of the donors'}, {'start': '147.680', 'end': '151.599', 'text': 'and and really want to honor honor those'}, {'start': '149.680', 'end': '153.840', 'text': "and all that we do. Mason's mom now"}, {'start': '151.599', 'end': '156.160', 'text': 'works to spread awareness and education'}, {'start': '153.840', 'end': '158.800', 'text': 'about organ donation. His dad was not a'}, {'start': '156.160', 'end': '160.800', 'text': 'donor before our child. Um and now he'}, {'start': '158.800', 'end': '162.400', 'text': "is. So, that's a big thing, you know,"}, {'start': '160.800', 'end': '164.160', 'text': "because a lot of people don't realize it"}, {'start': '162.400', 'end': '166.640', 'text': "until they're I feel like going through"}, {'start': '164.160', 'end': '168.640', 'text': "it. Today, it's been nearly 5 and a half"}, {'start': '166.640', 'end': '171.040', 'text': "years since Mason's heart transplant."}, {'start': '168.640', 'end': '173.440', 'text': 'Finishing up kindergarten, Mason is a'}, {'start': '171.040', 'end': '176.560', 'text': 'happy and healthy kid who loves monster'}, {'start': '173.440', 'end': '179.840', 'text': 'trucks and playing catch with his dad in'}, {'start': '176.560', 'end': '182.000', 'text': 'Colorado Springs. Eleanor Sheen, News5.'}, {'start': '179.840', 'end': '183.920', 'text': 'Eleanor, thank you. Right now, 100,000'}, {'start': '182.000', 'end': '186.280', 'text': 'people all across the US are waiting for'}, {'start': '183.920', 'end': '189.280', 'text': "organs. That's according to organ"}, {'start': '186.280', 'end': '192.080', 'text': 'donor.gov. The latest numbers from 2022'}, {'start': '189.280', 'end': '194.720', 'text': 'show there were only 14,000 organ'}, {'start': '192.080', 'end': '196.720', 'text': 'donations that year. The most common way'}, {'start': '194.720', 'end': '199.040', 'text': 'to become a donor is through your'}, {'start': '196.720', 'end': '201.040', 'text': "driver's license. You can also sign up"}, {'start': '199.040', 'end': '203.519', 'text': "through the state's registry, the"}, {'start': '201.040', 'end': '206.159', 'text': 'national donate life registry, or'}, {'start': '203.519', 'end': '208.159', 'text': 'through your health app on your iPhone,'}, {'start': '206.159', 'end': '211.920', 'text': 'which sends your information to the'}, {'start': '208.159', 'end': '211.920', 'text': 'national donate life registry.'}]