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Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital

By Associated Press
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - Updated 48d 4h ago

MIAMI - D’Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest.

"But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, "and I did live without a heart."

 
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Fourteen year old D’Zhana Simmons gets emotiional at a press conference in Miami, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
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