WATER TESTED THE WATER AND COMMUNICATED IT’S SAFE TO DRINK. >> SHANNON OGDEN: WELL, TONIGHT WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM A FAMILY WHO MANY OF OUR DENVER, 7 VIEWERS HAVE HELPED AGREGO FAMILY TRAVELED TO COLORADO. SO THEIR ONE YEAR-OLD COULD GET LIFESAVING
MEDICAL CARE. >> JACLYN ALLEN: AFTER THEIR CAR WAS STOLEN THIS TIME LAST YEAR, YOU’D AND DONATED MORE THAN $1000 TO HELP THIS MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WILL NOW WE HAVE MORE GOOD NEWS. HERE’S DENVER SEVEN’S JESSICA PORTER. >> EVERY DAY WE CONTINUE SAY
THAT WE HAVE HOME. GOD DOES MIRACLES AND THAT ONE SHE WILL. >> MAKE IT THOUGHT WHEN WE MET DEBORAH GRAY GOING 2023, HER STOLEN VEHICLE WAS THE LEAST OF HER PROBLEMS. >> AS DOCTORS AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, COLORADO WARNED HER
DAUGHTER MIGHT NOT MAKE IT. >> THE WORRY EVERY DAY WAS ROUGH BECAUSE EVERY DAY WAS. BECAUSE GOING MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY. >> FOR US TODAY THAT THEY SHOULD HER >> 2 YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL HAS BEEN TRICKY. ALLURE SEPTAL DEFECT A
HOLE IN HER HEART. PRESIDENT BIRTH. >> FOR A YEAR THROUGH SURGERIES TUBES AND CLOSE CALLS. CRYSTAL WAITED FOR A DONOR HEART. >> IT WAS SO CRITICAL THAT WE GOT A HEART AS SOON AS WE COULD FOR HER. THAT WAS
COMPATIBLE FOR HER BODY BUT IT TOOK OVER OVER A YEAR AND SHE WAS BECOMING SECOR. HOW RARE IS IT ESPECIALLY FOR PATIENTS THIS YOUNG? >> KATIE LASALLE: TO RECEIVE A HEART HERE AT CHILDREN’S WERE CONSIDERED A LARGE HEART TRANSPLANT CENTER. AND WE
PERFORM ABOUT 15 TO 20 HEART TRANSPLANTS PER YEAR. >> AMY WADAS: AND CHILDREN ON JANUARY 6, DOCTOR EVERETT CALLED DEBORAH TO TELL HER HE HAD A DONOR. THE NEWS WAS BITTERSWEET. >> WHEN I GOT THAT CALL. ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT FIRST OFF,
WAS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR CHILDHOOD. AND SO THAT WAS HEAVY ON MY HEART. >> JESSICA PORTER: THE NEXT DAY, DOCTOR EVERETT AND HER TEAM PERFORMED A HEART TRANSPLANT ON CRYSTAL RECOVERY WITH BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
>> THE MOMENT THAT THEY TOOK HER OFF THE BYPASS AND HER HEART STARTED FUNCTIONING. KNOW GIFT FUNCTION FULLY IMMEDIATELY FOR HER AFTER SHE GOT HER. FEEDING TUBE OUT. >> AND SHE SAID NO LINES NO TO I’M SCHOOL. >> JESSICA PORTER: KRYSTAL
WILL TAKE MEDICATION FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE BECAUSE SHE IS NOW IMMUNE COMPROMISED LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER SURGERY, CRYSTAL SAID GOODBYE TO HER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FAMILY AND FINALLY WENT HOME. >> CRYSTALS, THING TO SO FAR HAVE BEEN GET TO
>> FOR THE ENTIRE DAY AND IS A HOSPITAL. HER HEART WAS JUST SO SHE WOULDN’T TOLERATE ANY FOOT. IT’S BEEN AMAZING TO HAVE BOTH OF MY KIDS BACK TOGETHER IN THE SAME >> AMY WADAS: DEBORAH’S GRATEFUL FOR THE PRAYERS, DONATIONS AND LOVED HER FAMILY
HAS RECEIVED CAN’T BE MORE THANKFUL >> THOSE WITHOUT EVERYBODY, I WOULDN’T HAVE MADE IT THERE. SHE WANTS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ORGAN DONATION. I’M SO GRATEFUL. SO GRATEFUL THAT IN THERE. AND THEIR HARDEST DAYS THAT THEY MADE A DECISION TO
DONATE LIFE BECAUSE IF IT WASN’T FOR THEIR SELFLESS DECISION, I WOULDN’T HAVE HER HAIR. >> THERE ARE NO BETTER. >> I KNOW I KNOW. >> WHAT A CRYSTAL SO HAPPY FOR. YOU HAVE SO
