Thank you for helping me with this Miracle!

I don't know what to say which could convey my gratitude to all of you involved in this miracle performed by our Heavenly Father through his children.

I've witnessed tender acts of prayer, hope, faith, scientific gifts, talent, surgical wisdom, and other acts of kind service to me. I am grateful and feeling good.

And yet, at the same time I recognize the deep loss a family is feeling at this time.

Also, I have many tender feelings for the many heart babies who've left us to go back home to God. I hear their voices when I am sleeping and grateful to know many of their names. Their history is written all over the halls of this sacred institution.

I continue to pray for those who still remain fighting for a future with their family and to enjoy this world.

I am still with you and will continue to pray and muster up what-ever faith is in me.

The ever lasting cycle of life's ups and downs is difficult to imagine. There is so much sadness and yet so much joy in my heart today. I am truly grateful. I feel spoiled.

One of my ecclesiastical heroes' Neal Maxwell said, "Each of us have sort of a rendezvous with destiny. And the world needs more kindness."

I feel that the Lord has been kind to me and I have much to do to honor the goodness of those who've fought this fight with me. I pray I may be worthy of your kindness and love.

I can't doubt that this is a miracle God performed.

I attribute all these many blessing and new found perspective to the God of Heaven, my wonderful wife, Eden, family, friends, and numberless strangers who are my brothers and sisters who shared a common bond.

God is a tender loving Father who is cheering from the stands, helping us improve with practice and time.

He tenderly and patiently awaits our running home into His open arms. He is soft spoken and it takes great effort to hear His influence unless we are in such hard situations.

I love you all and look forward to doing what-ever I can to further inspire your lives for good.

We have a beautiful world and together there is nothing stopping us from making it a good experience for everyone.

photos: top - My daughter Eden putting her hand on my chest over my new heart. Middle - Making funny faces three days after surgery; bottom - thumbs up from my childhood cardiac pediatrician and PCMC pioneer George Veasy, current adult congenital cardiologist and clinical director Angela T. Yetman, and Medical Director Edward Clark, M.D., PCMC