Then, on Halloween 2017, a medical flight transferred her to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Walking while on life supportAt Children's Mercy Hospital, Zei paced the halls while tethered to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , or ECMO, machine that helped her breathe and kept her alive. The national survival rate in the United States among neonatal and pediatric ECMO patients is about 72%. Zei Uwadia leaves Children's Mercy Hospital after spending more than a year in the hospital's care. As she starts her new life at home, she will be remembered at Children's Mercy Hospital as the girl who walked.

Source: CNN February 01, 2019 08:57 UTC