FARGO - Karal Baspaly had her heart set on running her sixth Fargo Marathon 5K, and getting a new one won’t stop her.
After the race Friday, the 63-year-old Fargo woman will help spread the word about the importance of organ donation at the Alexa’s Hope booth at the Fargodome.
Alexa’s Hope, one of the 25 GoFar Charities in this year’s Fargo Marathon, provides awareness, education and support for organ donation and transplant efforts.
“There are so many people who need donor parts,” Baspaly said.
While at work Feb. 1, 2011, she suffered a heart attack caused by an open heart valve and was taken to Essentia Health in Fargo.
“After 10 days, they realized they couldn’t do anything,” she said. She was then airlifted to the University of Minnesota Medical Center.
The widowed mother of one said she was moved to the top of the national list for a heart transplant and underwent surgery Feb. 23.
Three days later, her sister Loraine Ahmann wrote in a journal entry on her CaringBridge page, which has had over 7,000 views:
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