We know that the doctors and the staff that have taken care of them really care about them. It's not just a job for them, and that has made all the difference to us.

It was devastating to me. We just kept hearing so much negative information.

We were feeling great. These operations are usually a sure thing And we get this fluke.

It was terrifying to receive the news that they had done so poorly in that first 24 hours.

The day they were born, they immediately started having complications and quickly went downhill.

The great, great thing is no tubes or wires. He's unattached.

It felt like I was being punched in the stomach. We were so excited to have the heart. We all could not talk about that [organ rejection] as a possibility, and it was very scary.

I was holding Nicholas on my lap at the hospital when the call came. It was almost surreal.

He's on his way. We're just so encouraged. Wow. We feel like he has jumped over a major hurdle.