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Drake Visits 11-Year-Old Heart Patient In Chicago

Drake Visits 11-Year-Old Heart Patient In Chicago

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11-year-old named Sofia Sanchez has been waiting at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago for several weeks for a new heart. In the IG clip below, she asks Drake to visit her for her birthday, along with an adorable #InMyFeelings challenge.

Sofia Sanchez, from Downers Grove, will be 11 on August 18 and has been waiting for a new heart at Lurie Children’s for the past several weeks. She has two wishes for her birthday, to get her new heart and to meet her idol, Drake (@champagnepapi), who is performing Friday and Saturday at the United Center. . . . In hopes of meeting him, she and her cousin performed the KiKi Dance down the hospital hallway tethered to her IV pump and taped a video message from her hospital bed asking him to visit her at Lurie Children’s. . . . Sofia was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a condition that often leads to heart failure and need for heart transplantation in order to survive. Three weeks ago, she underwent open heart surgery in order to connect a VAD (ventricular assist device), which is a mechanical pump that helps support the heart and blood flow in people with heart failure. Most often, it serves as a bridge to heart transplantation. Each year Lurie Children’s performs only four VADs. . . . In July,  Lurie Children’s heart transplant team performed their 300th heart transplant and the next heart recipient will be #305. Lurie Children’s heart transplant team has performed 22 heart transplants so far this year.  It has one of the largest pediatric heart transplant programs in the Midwest and was recently ranked the 3rd best Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery hospital in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.  In the last several years, Lurie Children’s has recruited some of the top pediatric heart transplant specialists in the country. #drake #drakechallenge #kikichallenge #inmyfeelings #all4your1

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In the clip posted four days ago, she states, “I just had surgery three weeks ago. The surgery was to help my heart pump. I love your music and I was hoping that you could come and cheer me up for my birthday.”

Me and my love Sofia talking about Bieber and Owls and Basketball💙💙💙

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Today, Drizzy makes her dream’s come true by paying her a visit. In the caption, he writes, “Me and my love Sofia talking about Bieber and Owls and Basketball.”

😍💙😍

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In another photo moments later, the Toronto rapper posts Sofia sporting a Scorpion hat, adorable as ever. Best birthday ever.