GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two families bound together by a lifesaving donation met for the first time Friday at the Spectrum Health Meijer Heart Center in Grand Rapids.
It’s been more than three years since Chris Kowalski’s heart transplant, the operation happening just a few days after donor Cody Baron, 24, died.
For Cody’s family, meeting Kowalski was emotional. Cody’s mother, Wendy Smith, used a stethoscope to listen to her son’s heartbeat inside Kowalski’s chest.
She said she takes comfort knowing his heart is still beating.
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