Three lives saved with donated organs from 2-year-old Staten Island girl

Three lives saved with donated organs from 2-year-old Staten Island girl; grieving mom 'happy' to give precious gifts BY Heidi Evans NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, April 5, 2015, 2:30 AM Her hands trembling, and eyes brimming with tears, Patricia Almonte pressed a stethoscope to her ears and listened to her daughter’s heart beating in another little girl’s chest. “Oh, oh, my God,” the Staten Island mom sobbed, cradling 8-month-old Essence Walls in her arms. Almonte, 22, kissed the infant’s head and whispered to the pink princess, “Thank you. . . . That was such a miracle.” Essence Walls is just one of the lives saved by Almonte’s precious daughter, Veronica, when she died in December after complications from increased pressure on her brain. Justin Fordgay, a 2-year-old Brooklyn boy with a… http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-3-lives-saved-organs-s-girl-age-2-article-1.2174089

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