A SoCal father in need of a heart transplant is fighting for his life. Despite having insurance, his family says the life-saving surgery has yet to happen.
Heart disease can leave a patient tied to a bed or a hospital room waiting on life, instead of living it. However, medical advances are giving people with heart disease a chance to live more freely - but many don't know help is available.
Lawrence Faucette, 58, was ineligible for a traditional human heart transplant due to pre-existing conditions and heart disease.
A father is getting back to doing what he loves after undergoing a rare, triple-organ transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
At just seven months old, Joseph Sanchez was diagnosed with cancer and soon needed a liver transplant. Seven years later, he received a new kidney, and four months ago, a heart.
Hannah Grinnan received a heart transplant at Loma Linda University Medical Center when she was just a few days old. She recently celebrated her 25th birthday and the 25th anniversary of her heart transplant.