Gilmer, Maureen C.Dickbernd, Mike2025-06-092025-06-092024-07-31Originally published on the Riley Children's Health "Riley Connections" website. Text by Maureen C. Gilmer (Senior Writer, Indiana University Health); photos by Mike Dickbernd (Visual Journalist, Indiana University Health).https://hdl.handle.net/1805/48583She didn’t know it then, but 68 years after lifesaving surgery, a Columbus woman says her recovery was nothing short of a miracle.en-USAttribution 4.0 InternationalHospital PatientsPediatric CardiologyHeart SurgeryHeart Septum AbnormalitiesMeet one of Riley’s earliest heart surgery patientsArticle