Cheyenne Pyle became famous last week, and the best part is that she'll never remember a bit of it. Early Sunday the 7-lb. 8-oz. girl was born at the University of Miami-Jackson Children's Hospital. Ninety minutes later, she was undergoing surgery to replace her underdeveloped heart, an operation that restored her to health and made her the world's youngest heart recipient.
Even before Cheyenne was delivered, doctors knew she was in for a rough ride. Ultrasound revealed a deformity in the left side of her heart; she would need either a grueling series of procedures to correct the defect or a...
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