Family's Son Who Died, Lives Through a Vietnam Vet After a Heart Transplant

[SeaBreeze]

This family can listen to their son's heart again, through this Vietnam veteran.

A Minnesota family is shedding tears and giving thanks for being able to hear the heartbeat of their late son again.Matthew Heisler died in a tragic house fire earlier this year. His parents donated the 21-year-old's organs for transplant.

Matthew's heart went to a Vietnam veteran named Tom Meeks who had been waiting three years for a new heart. This week, eight months after his transplant, Meeks traveled from his home in Washington state to Minnesota and let Matthew's parents and sister listen to Matthew's heart now beating in his chest.

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[Debby]

Isn't it amazing what surgeons can do now! The Heisler family at least have the comfort of knowing how immensely they've helped someone who needed them.