{"id":63278,"date":"2023-03-09T11:51:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T16:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=63278"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:24:13","slug":"a-whole-new-life-sonya-marshmon-receives-a-new-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/a-whole-new-life-sonya-marshmon-receives-a-new-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A Whole New Life,&#8217; Sonya Marshmon Receives A New Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jqf1ZG5TaaE?html5=1\" title=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sonya Marshmon\u2019s journey with heart failure started in 1997 when her son, Cameron, was just 3 months old. In late 2021, it became clear she would need a heart transplant. As Sonya got sicker, she fought hard to continue to see her son grow up. 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