Remnant Recap

• A miracle survival: Baby Josie endured cardiac arrest, life support, and several open-heart surgeries before receiving a donor heart at just 11 months old.

• A powerful testimony: Her parents say the journey shows the lifesaving truth behind organ donation and the strength God gave them through the hardest days.

• A message of hope: Home for the holidays, Josie’s story encourages families everywhere to choose life, choose hope, and consider organ donation.

An Illinois family is celebrating a holiday miracle as their baby girl, Josie Jane, finally returned home after surviving a battle most adults would never endure. Born with an undiagnosed heart condition, Josie went into cardiac arrest twice and spent 268 days in the cardiac ICU. She underwent four open-heart surgeries before receiving a life-saving transplant that completely changed her future. Her parents say the long wait for a donor heart was worth every moment, and now they are using her story to highlight the truth and hope found in organ donation. Josie’s homecoming is nothing short of miraculous.

Fulton Infant Goes Home for the Holidays After Life-Saving Heart Transplant

A Fulton, Illinois infant is home for the holidays after spending 268 days in a Chicago hospital and receiving a life-saving heart transplant.

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KCBD reports:

Josie Jane Hansen was born with an undiagnosed heart condition. At 2½ months old, she went into cardiac arrest twice and was flown to Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.

She survived four open-heart surgeries, including a full heart transplant on Oct. 6, and spent 268 days connected to machines in the cardiac ICU.

“She had cardiac arrest twice, had to be put on the ECMO life-support machine emergently through her neck. And then we flew her to Chicago on the helicopter, Flight for Life, to DeLurie Children’s. And then it’s been a whirlwind ever since,” Josie’s father, Joe Hansen, said.

Doctors performed the open-heart surgeries until they inserted a heart pump while she waited for a donor heart.

“Everything that she’s been through and everything that the children that we’ve watched go through on the cardio floor is nothing compared to anything that we’ll ever go through. And so I just have to power through each day,” Josie’s mother, Staci Hansen, said.

Josie’s story is a powerful reminder that God still works miracles in the middle of our darkest valleys. As her family celebrates this precious homecoming, may her journey inspire others to choose hope, choose life, and consider the gift of organ donation.