Patrick Holland was finally going to get a heart transplant. A winter storm meant his flight was cancelled, and the heart went to someone else.
December 30, 2022, 5:28 PMPatrick Holland received a call last Thursday from Seattle's University of Washington Medical Center saying that they found a heart donor match for him.
"It was terrifying news to hear that I was going to get a transplant, to be honest with you," Holland, 56, told."And then I was excited," he added of learning he was going to receive a new heart. Holland said that Alaska Airlines, upon learning of the intense predicament he was in, tried their best to accommodate him after his flight was cancelled. When they were able to get him on another flight, the plane was re-routed to Anchorage, Alaska, which he didn't realize until they landed."I started to panic," he shared,"and my worst fears were overwhelming me.
Then he got the call from the transplant coordinator."She was calling me back to tell me they were going to give the heart to somebody else."
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