CINCINNATI — There's a little boy at Cincinnati Children's Hospital counting down the days until someone gives him a new heart, and he is hoping to watch a Reds powerhouse playoff performance while he waits.

At just 8 years old, Allen Tumey is a warrior.

He was diagnosed with several complex congenital heart defects (CHD) at birth: tricuspid valve dysplasia, atrial septal defect (ASD) and pulmonary atresia. That means some of Allen's heart valves didn't develop correctly and he has a hole in his heart. He is also nonverbal.

Boy diagnosed with multiple heart defects is first in line for new heart

Allen had his first open-heart surgery at one week old. He's undergone two more since then, plus additional surgeries unrelated to his CHD. Following his third open-heart surgery, known as a Fo

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