Sweet heart: Moses Lake baby keeps smiling through transplant
Ava Jaymes Stemhagen had two open heart surgeries before receiving a new heart in September. She's pictured here before her second open heart surgery in April.
Ava Jaymes Stemhagen was hospitalized while waiting for her new heart
Nobody gets between Ava Jaymes Stemhagen and her Mickey Mouse cartoons.
Ava Jaymes Stemhagen and her mom Stephanie hold hands after her heart transplant.
Despite continuing health problems, Ava Jaymes Stemhagen keeps on smiling.
MOSES LAKE — The doctors knew Ava Jaymes Stemhagen would have a fight on her hands before she was even born.
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