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Heartwarming homecoming: Waukee girl celebrates recovery and return to school after heart transplant

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By KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story WAUKEE, Iowa (KCCI) — After being away from school for almost two years due to serious health challenges, 13-year-old Ava Weitl from Waukee received a warm and joyful homecoming last week. Teachers at Eason Elementary School dressed in pink and lined the hallways to surprise Ava with a “clap-out,” a special tradition usually reserved for fifth graders at the end of the year. Ava had missed h…

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Heartwarming homecoming: Waukee girl celebrates recovery and return to school after heart transplant

“Being home is the best medicine. Being surrounded by her community and doing normal 13-year-old things—it’s going to do her so much good," the girl's mother told KCCI.

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