BELLEVUE, Neb. (KMTV) — Nebraska's first child pacemaker recipient Kim Castellano celebrates one year with new heart after nearly 60 years of medical challenges and surgeries.

Kim Castellano was born with a congenital heart defect and received her first pacemaker at just 3 years old.

"On October 30th, we get the call that it was gonna be on Halloween, so I got my Halloween heart," Castellano said.

In Nebraska, the only place patients can receive a transplant is Nebraska Medicine. Since 1999, they have performed 628 heart transplants. Kim was number 587.

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A Bellevue woman who made history as Nebraska's first child pacemaker recipient is celebrating a major milestone: one year with a new heart after nearly 60 years and more than 30 surgeries.

Kim Castellano was bor

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