//'Very grateful': Newborn survives rare heart transplant

'Very grateful': Newborn survives rare heart transplant

Barbarita Acosta, or affectionately nicknamed Barbie, is celebrating her first birthday this weekend. The infant already overcame extraordinary medical odds. Barbie was born with neonatal lupus, a rare condition that attacked her heart. At just five days old she received a pacemaker. But after a few weeks, doctors said she needed to find a heart donor. “They told us that very same day that by