{"id":7383,"date":"2023-09-20T05:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7383"},"modified":"2023-09-19T17:23:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T00:23:24","slug":"heart-recipient-meets-donor-family-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/09\/20\/heart-recipient-meets-donor-family-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart recipient meets donor family for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7383\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>By Zulekha Nathoo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 23-year-old woman in Akron, Ohio, was moved to tears after meeting the family of someone who saved her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Just absolutely amazing and breathtaking, emotional, but also gratifying,&#8221; said heart transplant recipient Katherine Herrmann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herrmann had undergone 20 surgeries and procedures on her heart before even reaching the age of 20. 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