SAN DIEGO -- Bita Khoroshi, 3, had a rare heart defect. Her heart was literally scrambled, 10News reported.

"Her heart's upper chamber was backwards and the outflow chamber was reversed. The entire heart -- rather than pointing the way your heart and mine point -- rotated in that way and scrambled one more time," cardiac surgeon Dr. David Bichell said.

Khoroshi was only 1 day old when she had her first heart surgery at Children's Hospital in San Diego. She had another when she was 4 months old.

And just last month, Bichell rearranged the rest of Khoroshi's heart.

"What they did at Children's Hospital -- they performed miracle," father Tony Khoroshi said.

Miracles like Khoroshi's are now commonplace. Just 20 years ago, children with heart defects didn't have a chance, according to 10News.

"Now, we detect a wide range of abnormalities at birth and even before birth and have a plan for how to fix them before the child is even born," Bichell said.

Because of advances in technology, heart problems that used to require invasive open heart surgery can now be treated at the catheter lab at Children's Hospital, where kids get to go home the very same day.

"You can actually put this catheter through a hole in the heart, and when you know you are in a good position, you can actually deploy the device," cardiac catheter lab director Dr. Frank Ingo said.

"Because of the surgeries that are available for Khoroshi, she was able to live," Tony Khoroshi said.

Khoroshi's heart has been rearranged and she is finally back at home with her family, growing stronger every day.

"I am in heaven. This is what you call heaven," the father said.

Twenty percent of the cases being done at Children's Hospital are on infants under 1 month old. More than 50 percent of them are under 1 year old, 10News reported.