Ava Weitl received a warm welcome at her elementary school after spending two years at the Mayo Clinic due to heart failure.

Following a hard journey with a heart transplant, a kidney transplant and two stints on life support, Ava Weitl was ...

Ava Weitl, 13, was born with a heart defect that got worse in recent years. But she finally got to experience one of her ...

Former teachers, friends, and loved ones gathered at Eason Elementary School and Willowbrook Park to celebrate Ava Weitl ...

A 13-year-old girl born with a congenital heart defect is finally getting to leave her hospital home at Mayo Clinic's Saint ...

ROCHESTER, Minn.- 13 year old Ava Weitl from Des Moines is finally heading home after almost 2 years in the hospital after receiving a heart and kidney transplant at Mayo ...

Ava Weitl spent more than 600 days in the hospital fighting for her life, receiving both kidney and heart transplants. When ...

This year, young Ava Weitl won’t be home for Christmas. As her heart deteriorates, Ava, 11, can no longer live with her family in Iowa and has spent the last three months waiting for a life-saving ...

After 682 days and a heart and kidney transplant, Ava Weitl returned home to friends, family, teachers and supporters on July 23.

Ava Weitl, 12, has been in the hospital for more than a year and has been patient of Mayo Clinic's Child Life team since she was an infant in the NICU.

Ava Weitl, 11, has spent the last three months away from home in the hospital, but she's not the kind to sit around and mope Courtesy of ChildServe Ava Weitl, 11, with her signature slogan This year, ...