WDTN NBC 2, Dayton, Ohio
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - There was a special halftime show for Flyer fans at the University of Dayton arena Saturday night. Three Dayton-area families were honored with their toddlers, who each had been given the gift of life with the help of a stranger through Life Connection of Ohio.
Mya Kendrick, now 22-months, was born with a heart defect. She waited sedated and on a ventilator for 9 weeks before receiving a heart transplant at just 10 weeks old.
"We saw her laying in a hospital bed dying and counting the days not knowing what tomorrow would bring," said parents Morgan and Lora. "Then we got that phone call saying our little girl is going to live."
Noelle Hope Wingate was born April 28, 2010. At three months old, she was diagnosed with biliary atresia. She was in liver failure, and without a transplant was given three months to live,
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