Thanks to a heroic organ donor, Mason Sommers got to marry the love of his life. He survived his first cardiac arrest at 16. A few years later, after suffering a second cardiac arrest, it was discovered he had a heart defect. With medication, Mason was able to manage his condition for 30 years, until age 50 when he was put on a pacemaker and slowly began to suffer from progressive heart failure. In the fall of 2009 he was told he needed a new heart. After months on the waiting list, a donor match was found and he received the...
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