A Miracle!

We truly are experiencing a miracle! On Monday night we received a call from the mother of a friend of our son. She had a friend who's pastor's wife had just passed away from a brain aneurysm and the family was donating her organs for transplant. The family was asking if anyone knew of someone in need of an organ transplant and our son's friend's mother gave them Joe's name. This was all taking place 15 minutes from our house at the hospital where both our children were born! Tuesday was a whirlwind of phone calls to our insurance, Mayo Florida & UCLA where Joe had been listed before we went to Florida. The family met with the organ donation team on Tuesday and we learned that afternoon that the pastor's wife's liver was a match to Joe. We were overwhelmed with gratitude at the gift this family was giving in their time of sorrow and we will forever be grateful to the Scroggins family. It was decided that UCLA should do the transplant since they were the closest so Joe & I arrived Tuesday night so Joe could go through testing & evals to get him back on the list at UCLA. This morning he was cleared by the transplant team & relisted...the waiting began. The liver arrived at UCLA at 5pm and after going thru further testing it was deemed suitable for transplant. Joe was wheeled into the O.R. at 6:30 and I am waiting to hear that the surgery has begun. Thank you also to our own angel on earth - Toni Plott who got this whole miracle started. We are so blessed to have friends like you. Please keep our family and the Scroggins family and all of the families that her organ donation is touching in your prayers...Miracles Can and Really Do Happen!!!