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Alabama mother, daughter who had heart transplants have heart for others By Barnett Wright May 7, 2021 Ovuke’ Emonina McCoy, left, with mom, Lucy Emonina. Both had heart transplants in their early 40s because of a congenital ailment. (Ron Pride Photography) “Like mother, like daughter” is more than a proverb for Lucy Emonina and Ovuke’ Emonina McCoy, both of whom had ministrokes and received heart transplants decades apart. Mother (Emonina) and daughter (McCoy) were born with a genetic condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the walls of the heart that makes it d...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times “Like mother, like daughter” is more than a proverb for Lucy Emonina and Ovuke’ Emonina McCoy, both of whom had strokes and received heart transplants decades apart. Mother (Emonina) and daughter (McCoy) were born with a genetic condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a thickening of the walls of heart that makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood. The illness runs in their family: Emonina lost four brothers and two sons, McCoy’s siblings, to the disease. “When you say, ‘I want to grow up and be like my mom,’ you don’t think, ...