Wait Continues for Double Organ Transplant Hopeful

WDIO TV | Paige Calhoun

"And there is Jessica. The sweet as pie 30-year-old from Duluth," ABC's Nightline Anchor Bill Weir said of Jessica Danielson in Tuesday's organ transplant special. Statements like that made it clear that Danielson made quite an impression on Weir.

"She loves her job, desperately wants to start a family, but knows both will have to wait while she waits for a heart and a liver," Weir explained in the story.

But her wait almost ended Tuesday night. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic said a heart and a liver had become available. Excited by the news, Jessica's family rushed to be by her side. But while testing found the heart was a good, the liver was not a good match for Jessica.

"Yesterday was a let down. But that just signals to me that It's getting closer. I'm right at the top of the list and so they're always going to consider me when one comes along," Jessica said.

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