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CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Next, a new life-saving treatment for very young heart patients running out of time and hope. Hundreds of youngsters need heart transplants every year. And yet, donor organs often are not immediately available. A few weeks ago, a South Carolina boy faced just such a predicament. So, doctors tried something radically different. It's 'Medicine on the Cutting Edge," and John McKenzie has the story. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ANNOUNCER "20/20" continues with John Stossel. (Off-camera) Now, an amazing new chapter in our story about twin boys born with a rare heart condition. They needed a miracle to survive and they got not just one, but two. Before Elizabeth Vargas went off to have her baby this week, she taped this story about them. It winds through love, tragedy and hope, and has an ending that took everyone by surprise. JOHN STOSSEL (ABC NEWS) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHARLES GIBSON (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) We've got some great news to report this morning about the ten-month-old Draper twins. These are two boys who were born with a deadly heart condition. And for months now, we've been reporting on their struggle to get well. Well, this morning, they are both finally home after one of the boys made a dramatic turnaround while waiting for a heart transplant. One doctor calling his recovery close to a miracle. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]