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My daily walk in Petrozavodsk began last year in Mineola.
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21-year-old Sergei takes a 3-mile walk in Petrozavodsk, Russia every day. But he will never consider it routine. Not after four major heart operations, the first when he was only two years old. And certainly not after surviving a desperate 20-hour train trip and a transatlantic flight late last year for emergency surgery.
Through the efforts of a nonprofit foundation, Sergei made his way to Winthrop-University Hospital, where a renowned heart surgeon and a multidisciplinary team of physicians and staff agreed to take on his almost-hopeless case. They replaced Sergei's failing aortic and mitral valves in a tense 8-hour operation.
Today Sergei is a walking miracle. With a healthy respect for Winthrop's guiding truth: Your Health Means Everything. To learn more, go to winthrop.org. For a physician referral, call 1.866.WINTHROP.
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