Nine-year-old Katja de Groot, who was born with a rare and severe heart defect, has undergone three open-heart surgeries since birth.
SEATTLE — A Snohomish family will soon board a private medical flight to Duke University for a life-saving heart transplant, thanks to a generous donation from a stranger who saw their story on the news.
Nine-year-old Katja de Groot, who was born with a rare and severe heart defect, has undergone three open-heart surgeries since birth. She now needs a partial heart transplant — a procedure pioneered at Duke — but flying commercially poses too great a risk due to her weakened immune system.
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