One couple, two hearts: Spouses grateful for present of life after every receives coronary heart transplant
Up to date: 3:15 PM CDT Apr 24, 2023
[APPLAUSE] >> A TREE OF LIFE DEDICATED BY THE COUPLE WHO RECEIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE. >> WE ARE BOTH THANKFUL AND LUCKY. WE BOTH GOT TRANSPLANTS. IT IS A MIRACLE OF LIFE. IT REALLY IS. >> THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED 18 YEARS, BUT THEY HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER A LOT LONGER. >> WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 30 YEARS, OFF AND ON. >> AS TIME GREW, SO DID THEIR HEARTS, ABOUT THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF NORMAL HEARTS. >> YOU PLAN TO DO THIS AND THEN YOU SIT DOWN, AND YOU CANNOT DO IT. >> I WAS TIRED ALL THE TIME, I DID NOT WANT TO GET UP AND DO ANYTHING. >> A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD A HEART TRANSPLANT, AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER THE ROLES WERE REVERSED WHEN SHE NEEDED A HEART TRANSPLANT. >> WHEN IT WAS HER TURN, I GOT TO REPAY HER. >> BOTH RECEIVED THEIR HEARTS AT THE SAME HOSPITAL BY THE SAME DOCTOR. HEART SPECIALIST A THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. >> IT IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE A HEART TRANSPLANT, PERIOD. EVEN MORE UNUSUAL SITUATION, BOTH OF THEM ENDED UP GETTING THAT ENOUGH THAT THEY ENDED UP WITH HEART TRANSPLANT ISSUES. NOT PLANS, NOT GENETIC, NOT RELATED IN THAT SENSE. >> IT NOW HAS THEM MOVING FORWARD AS INDIVIDUALS. BUT ALSO, AS HUSBAND AND WIFE. >> WE DID IT TOGETHER. WE KEPT ON FIGHTING. [LAUGHTER] >> WE HAVE A FIGHTING SPIRIT. >> THEY DEDICATE THE STREET. >> IT IS SYMBOLIC OF NEW LIFE AND NEW BEGINNINGS. >> THEY ALSO THINK ABOUT THE FAMILIES THAT MADE THE CHOICE TO SAVE OTHERS. >> WE WILL HAVE TO COME AND WATCH IT GROW. BRIAN: ANOTHER COINCIDENCE IN ALL OF THIS, BOTH JIM AND KAYE WERE 62-YEARS-OLD AT THE TIME OF THEIR TRANSP
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One couple, two hearts: Spouses grateful for present of life after every receives coronary heart transplant
Up to date: 3:15 PM CDT Apr 24, 2023
A Northern California couple each obtained coronary heart transplants.Each of them wanted new hearts, which medical doctors say is kind of a coincidence. Dr. John Chin mentioned it is very uncommon to ever have a coronary heart transplant and much more uncommon for a pair to get transplants.”We’re each very grateful and fortunate,” husband Jim Donovan mentioned. “It is a miracle.”Faucet the video above to search out out extra about their story.
A Northern California couple each obtained coronary heart transplants.
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Each of them wanted new hearts, which medical doctors say is kind of a coincidence.
Dr. John Chin mentioned it is very uncommon to ever have a coronary heart transplant and much more uncommon for a pair to get transplants.
“We’re each very grateful and fortunate,” husband Jim Donovan mentioned. “It is a miracle.”
Faucet the video above to search out out extra about their story.
