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Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Son Billy, 7, Successfully Underwent Third Open Heart Surgery: 'Happy, Healthy Kid'


Jimmy Kimmel's son Billy, 7, successfully underwent his third open heart surgery at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Billy was born with a congenital heart disease in 2017.

On Monday, May 27, the late-night show host, 56, shared a photo of his son smiling in a hospital bed, revealing in his Instagram caption that Billy underwent another open-heart surgery over the weekend. We went into this experience with a lot of optimism and nearly as much fear and came out with a new valve inside a happy, healthy kid," began Kimmel, who went on to thank all of Billy's doctors, nurses and other "hard-working" staff at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The adorable carousel showed Billy appearing to kick the camera with a soft smile in the first photo and standing in a Lakers jersey with a basketball tucked under his arm in the second.

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