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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Every heart has love

New Channel 5, Nashville | Amanda Hara

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-After two heart transplants, and now heart failure, one Vanderbilt Hospital patient pledged his heart and marriage to his high school sweetheart who has always stood by him.

No matter how sick someone can be, there's always room for love. Just ask Quentin Holt. He's been a patient at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital for 19 years. And not once has he been able to forget a very special woman.

Most of us are born with a heart and it stays with us for life. Every beat keeping rhythm until the day we die.

Unless of course, your name is Quentin Holt.

"They decided to give me a heart transplant at 13 months old. It lasted for 16 years and then it started to fail on me," he said.

Then came the second transplant in 2006. It's been beating well for five strong years, but in December his body began to reject that too.

"The most common question they want to know how long does the heart last," said Holt.
Read more: http://www.newschannel5.com/story/16673876/every-heart-has-loved-her

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