One-year-old Christopher Pena clings to his older brother, Justin, 11, during an outing at the park in Richland last week. Christopher Pena Jr. has once again defied medical odds with his condition of dilated non-compacted cardiomyopathy and is no longer considered a hospice patient. The Penas were told he would not live past six months.

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