Bill looks unbelievably good! He's a very natural skin tone. His creatinine level, which is an indicator of kidney function is 1.3, perfectly normal. It had been 2.2 and 2.3 for the last few days. His liver is normal, his lymphocytes are normal, his potassium is normal...it seems that his body is stabilizing himself with the good blood flow. The right heart must be pushing enough blood through to the left to push through to the rest of his body. I have not seen him look this good in over 5 years!

People have been wondering about our donor and we don't know much. We do know that the heart was in the normal age range, 15-55 and was from Miami. Other than that we don't know gender or any specific age. What we do know is that we are eternally grateful to the family and pray that they will be comforted knowing that their loved one has given a second chance to at least 1 person.

In the midst of our happiness, another family here is suffering. They have a young family member, probably in his 20's who is now too sick for the lung transplant he desperately needs. Without a miracle, he will probably pass away tonight or tomorrow. Some of this family is dealing with the grief while others, especially younger siblings are having a harder time. Our hearts and prayers go out to this family and requests for Andy have been made to friends. Please add him and his family to your prayers.