Guinness World Record Acheivement

I must admit, receiving this is both incredibly amazing and strange feeling! Of course I’m so thankful living this long after the heart & lungs transplant and the kidney transplant soon to follow and then unbeknown to us after many years a second heart transplant. My complete thankfulness goes to God himself, even my transplant team back then used to be amazed how well i was doing and now the new team are amazed and baffled. Even my wonderful wife and myself are always amazed every day! We never want to take anything for granted but yet we do. Try as I might I still find things to complain about and whine like I think I deserve everything and more.

Over 34 amazing years filled with wonder, love and yes sometimes tough times all wrapped up in a package I would never ever trade for anything. Yes we do pray for many more wonderful years and perhaps less problems so our job is to push hard and trust in Gods provision. Of course my wife and boys were everything for me to drive forward each day and our son Cody worked tirelessly to get the application completed for this recognition!

When I was given the gift of life over 34 years ago at Stanford Hospital we were intimidated by the transplant team, they had power! Now strange as it is, most of everyone is retired while some have died. Both Renee and I have felt a sort of loss when we returned to the Stanford transplant program some 32 years later, all new team, new protocols and even a new hospital. Change can be a tough pill to swallow.