MIAMI -- An organ transplant operation in Miami may not only save the life of a baby boy -- it may impact laws that could save the lives of other children half a world away.

Yosuke Ohashi is 11 months old and he is recovering at the University of Miami-Jackson Medical Center from a six-organ transplant on Christmas Eve.

When Yosuke was five months old, he developed a potentially deadly condition. His intestines were twisted and his stomach, liver and pancreas were all dying.

Yosuke's parents, who are Japanese, were running a business in Chile. The Ohashis rallied friends and family and raised enough money for the lifesaving-transplant.

On Dec. 24, Yosuke received a new stomach, pancreas, spleen, liver and both small and large intestines. The donor of all the organs was a baby from West Palm Beach.

The organ transplant in Miami is big news in Japan. Japanese law does not allow children under 15 years old to be organ donors. Lawmakers are now revisiting that issue, and the success of Yosuke's case may have an impact.

University of Miami transplant surgeon Dr. Tomoaki Kato says Yosuke's case may help to sway the people of Japan so that children don't have to leave their country for medical help in the future.

As for Yosuke's parents, they aren't worried about politics. It's their son's second chance that has them smiling.

"I cannot believe this yet. I feel fantastic. At this moment I want to thank you for everything and everybody," his father, Yuhiko Ohashi, said.

Kato says this is one of the fastest recoveries from a multiple organ transplant that he's ever seen. Yosuke will be out of the hospital Saturday, just in time to celebrate his first birthday right here in South Florida.