For a heart transplant, Patrick Holland had to take a flight from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Seattle. His heart went to the next person on the list despite the fact that he was 1,500 fly miles from a second shot at a longer life due to Sea-Tac Friday’s hundreds of cancellations.
It’s frightening because your heart is telling you to stay put even though your body is screaming to leave, said Patrick Holland. Holland has been on the active transplant list for three weeks and is suffering from congestive heart failure.
Holland remarked, “I can’t wait for the day when I get the transplant and can enjoy life again.”
He received a call from the UW Heart Institute on Thursday night informing him that a heart had become available for him. The announcement was accompanied by a wave of feelings.
Patrick Holland needed to fly from Fairbanks, Alaska to Seattle for a heart transplant, but because of flights grounded due to last week's ice storm, he missed the life saving surgery. He's currently looking for a place to stay in Seattle so he doesn't miss the opportunity again. pic.twitter.com/Xs0GjcK7er
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Holland stated, “I went from being scared to exhilarate to the thought of possibly having 10, 20, or even 30 years.”
Holland claimed that after receiving an eight-hour window from doctors in Seattle, he booked the following flight out.
He wasn’t expecting the call to come in right away. His overnight trip to Seattle had been canceled by the time he got to the Fairbanks airport. After telling an Alaska Airlines representative his experience, Holland was placed on the following trip.
Holland claimed that an unexpected statement arrived after four hours in the air.
Holland stated, “I heard the pilots say welcome to Anchorage.
Due to the ice storm, which grounded all flights at Sea-Tac, the flight had to be redirected. The window for a new heart closed in Anchorage after three planes were canceled.
In that one day, Holland claimed, “I think I cried more than I ever have in my life and had exerted every feeling that I’d never felt.”
Then he took that suffering and made it into something good.
In order to snap out of it, Holland added, “Thank God, there will be a family that saves someone’s dad, saves someone’s brother, saves someone’s, saves someone’s uncle.”
Of the seven children, Holland is the father of a range in age from three to 36. He made fun of wanting more.
I always told my wife I wanted to have ten children because I came from a large family, said Holland. Maybe if you get the new heart, she added.
He is holding out hope for them and is anticipating the time when he can play with them more.
Holland remarked, “To be able to watch the next two graduates would be absolutely great. I’ve had an amazing 17 years with a wife, and my kids. To be completely honest, it will be a miracle. It would be a miracle.
Holland intends to travel to Seattle in two weeks, so his luggage is still packed. In order to not lose another chance to win a fresh heart, he is looking for a place to stay.
Holland remarked, “I will be closer, and there won’t be storms to stop me. “I couldn’t be stopped without an entirely other act of God,”
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