Words will never be enough: Dad of 11-year-old heart transplant patient grateful to donor's family Ava Cooper, an 11-year-old heart transplant recipient, and her family discuss their initial reactions to the news, and life since the procedure took place on 'Fox & Friends.' NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago were able to keep a critically ill patient alive for 48 hours after removing both of his lungs, the hospital reported last week. The