Family of 2-Year-Old Heart Donor Meets 2-Year-Old Recipient: ‘We Are Forever Bonded’

Family of 2-Year-Old Heart Donor Meets 2-Year-Old Recipient: ‘We Are Forever Bonded’
Lacey Tiara Wilcox shows a picture of her late daughter Alaiya to Mason Perkins, who is held by his mother Angela in Centennial Park in Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 25, 2017. Mason received Alaiya's heart in a transplant. Suha Dabit/World of Broken Hearts
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Lacey Tiara Wilcox listened to her baby girl’s heartbeat again. It had been almost two years she had held her daughter’s heart so close. Only now the heart beats in a body of a 2-year-old boy.

Lacey prayed for this moment, but often wondered if the great gift she and her husband Brandon made on behalf of their daughter was met with appreciation from the recipient family.

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Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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