What’s Next

The thing about battling a health crisis is that you never know what’s next. Things can and mostly do change yearly, monthly and sometimes Daily. In my personal experience I’ve even seen huge changes in as little as an hour. Sometimes for the better but truthfully more often than not, for the worse.

Don’t get me wrong, I have had the best amazing life, better than anything I could have ever thought, just a lot of sickness.

Back when cars struggled to find any left over cool factor I had my heart & lungs transplanted. Yep on 4/1/88 as close to death as imaginable, while in the old Children’s Hospital at Stanford I was blessed with the miracle of my 2nd new life. Cystic Fibrosis had ravaged my body beyond even my comprehension and after that first transplant day, I was anew. I grabbed up that God given opportunity and ran with it. I cannot properly thank that young man in this lifetime nor his parents. He is a hero, he was a organ donor that gave me a chance!

My wife regained her husband & our two young boys would now have their dad back! With all the excitement after the surgery and recovery I was able to grasp the significance of another huge miracle, my heart was sill good yet because of surgery limits of the day I received the lungs with the heart. This in turn allowed me to give my heart to someone.

Another person was given a 2nd new life with my heart! May God bless you Jerry with His gift!