A Blaine, Minnesota, boy is home after 246 days in the hospital with a new heart thanks to a donor.

"Getting a heart is not an easy journey, I'd say. And it's not a quick journey," Konner Repp said.

In January, WCCO told you about Konner and his brother, who were both born with heart defects. The Spring Lake Park High School junior was born with hypoplastic right heart, a rare syndrome where part of the heart doesn't form completely. It led to three open-heart and over seven heart catheterization surgeries.

"I don't even know where to start," said Jennifer Repp, his mother.

After a recent decline, the 16-year-old went into the hospital on Jan. 6, 202,5 ultimately needing a new one. But with months and weeks of waiting for a match, June 24 brought a ray of hope.

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