By Ben Barry

This is the emotional moment an 11-year-old girl broke the news she's getting a transplant to her dad - by saying, "daddy, I'm getting a heart."

Ava Cooper, was born on July 1, 2014, with several heart defects and had her first open heart surgery at just six days old.

In May 2024, a sinus infection escalated - pushing her into heart failure - and she was put on the transplant list.

Ava spent more than 200 days at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, waiting for a donor heart .

Ava Cooper, 11. (Cleveland Clinic via SWNS) Cleveland Clinic; SWNS

But in March 2025, her mom, Jamie Cooper, 39, received the news that Ava would be getting a new heart.

In an emotional moment, Ava called her dad, Sean Cooper, 39, a car dealer - who was at home wi

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