St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver had a medical milestone last weekend: 13-year-old Sikander Sakota surviving a potentially fatal heart disease, when he became the youngest patient in the world to receive the world's smallest heart pump.
Sahota started feeling ill last Saturday and was diagnosed with viral myocarditis, an infection that destroys heart muscle. A heart pump was inserted into his groin and threaded into his heart. From there, the pump began helping his heart push blood.
The pump stayed in the boy's heart and was removed after two days. Sahota described the procedure as "painful and strange."
Sahota's recovery is expected to take about two weeks, and was immediately advised that he is okay to play soccer again.
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