MISTAKE WHEN STEVE HARVEY
CROWNED HER MISS UNIVERSE.
SHE SAID MINUTES ASKED WERE --
AFTERWARDS THAT MS. PHILIPPINES
HAD ACTUALLY WON THE CROWN.
THE GIFT OF HEALTH FOR A
BABY GIRL AND HER FAMILY.
DEFORMABLE RECOVERING FROM LUNG
SURGERY.
ELIOTT RODRIGUEZ IS IN THE
CONTROL ROOM WITH HER STORY.
ELLIOTT?
Reporter: THIS BABY WAS
FACING A GRIM PROGNOSIS BUT
DOCTORS AT NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL REFUSED TO GIVE UP ON
HER.
THEY USED NEW TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPED BY GOOGLE THAT
REQUIRES A SMARTPHONE AND A
CARDBOARD BOX.
FOUR-MONTH OLD TEGAN LIKES AND
IS ALIVE AND RECOVERING AT
NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
WITH HER PARENTS BY HER SIDE,
THANKS IN PART TO THIS SMALL
CARDBOARD BOX WITH TWO LENSES
AND A SMART PHONE INSIDE.
FINDING OUT AFTER THE FACT
THAT THIS HELPED SAVE HER LIFE.
I MEAN, THAT'S PHENOMENAL.
Reporter: THE BOX, KNOWN AS
GOOGLE CARDBOARD, WAS USED BY A
TEAM OF PEDIATRIC HEART SURGEON
TO SAVE THE BABIES -- TO SAVE
THE BABY'S LIFE.
TEGAN, WHO HAS A TWIN SISTER
RILEY, WAS BORN WITH ONLY ONE
LUNG AND HAVE A HARD.
DOCTORS IN MINNESOTA SAID THERE
WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.
THE FAMILY WAS GIVEN THE
WORST PROGNOSIS YOU CAN
IMAGINE.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT SHE WAS
INOPERABLE.
THAT'S A WORD WE HATE.
Reporter: THE FAMILY FOUND
DOCTORS IN MIAMI WILLING TO TRY
SOMETHING NEW.
THEY TOOK COMPUTERS CANS OF
TEGAN'S HEART AND LUNGS AND
UPLOAD IMAGES TO A SMART PHONE.
THEY WERE THEN ABLE TO LOOK AT
3-D IMAGES OF HER TINY HEART
AND LUNG USING GOOGLE CARDBOARD
AND PERFORMED A SEVEN HOUR
LIFESAVING OPERATION.
THE OLD VR IMAGES WE USED TO
GET WERE JUST TOO GREENY, NOT
SPECIFIC ENOUGH FOR THE FINE
DETAIL YOU NEED TO DO A
DELICATE OPEN-HEART REPAIR.
BEING INNOVATIVE SEEMS TO BE
THE GOAL OF THIS HOSPITAL AND
THESE DOCTORS.
AND INNOVATION IS WHAT SAVED
OUR DAUGHTER'S LIFE.
Reporter: YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE A DOCTOR TO USE GOOGLE
CARDBOARD.
GOOGLE WILL SELL YOU THE BOX
FOR ABOUT $20.
