There’s a 15-year-old kid in Detroit named Trevor Sullivan. And last February, his parents thought he had a bad cold that wouldn’t go away. But it turned out it was actually severe HEART FAILURE, and he needed a transplant. His doctors got him on the top of the transplant list, but told his parents it could be weeks or months before they found a match.
He hung on for nine months, until they finally found a heart for him last November. Then the surgery was scheduled for the next day, and he pulled through.
And now a video his dad took of him waking up is going viral, because Trevor starts crying, but not because he’s in pain. Because he’s so happy to be ALIVE. And one of the first things he says is he can finally breathe again.
THIS. This is what the gift of organ donation can do. This is why we #DonateLife.
Posted by Gift of Life Michigan on Thursday, January 21, 2016
The surgery was on November 13th, he was back home recovering by Thanksgiving, and so far there’s no sign his body is rejecting the new heart. He doesn’t know who the donor was, but says he’s incredibly grateful.
Someone also started a GoFundMe page to help his parents cover the medical bills, and it’s already raised over $60,000.
(ClickOnDetroit / ABC News / Facebook)
