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At 2 years old, Dawhon Hopkins is an active child, but that only recently became the case. So far in his young life, he's had two surgeries to correct a genetic heart defect.

He had his first surgery at one day old.

Watch the video as News 14 Carolina's Claudine Chalfant has the story of a young fighter with a positive future thanks to the North Carolina Children's Hospital.