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Miracle Baby Survives Surgery After Being Born With Her Heart Outside Her Chest
September 28, 2019
Audrina Cardenas was born with her heart outside her chest. Doctors in Texas miraculously saved her life by creating custom protective plates to put outside her chest and then inserting her heart back inside her tiny body. Babies that survive this rare surgery often die by three days later. But Audrina defied the odds and pulled through. Inside Edition was there just before she turned 1.