A throwaway virtual-reality gizmo has given a dying baby the precious and priceless gift of life.
Google Cardboard,
$20 toy-like goggles, gave cardiac surgeons the perspective they needed
to repair four-month-old Teegan Lexcenher’s heart and lung.
Born with half a heart and one lung, she faced a dire prognosis.
Doctors in Minnesota, where Teegan’s parents Cassidy and Chad and her
twin sister, Riley, live, told the family they couldn’t operate.
Chad’s sister reached out to Redmond Burke, M.D., a cardiovascular
surgeon at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, known for his
innovative techniques.
“Teegan had the worst set of defects you can imagine,” Burke told the Daily News. “I’ve been doing surgery for 30 years. This is the first time I’ve seen a case like hers.”
