for bed when the phone rang. we got two calls. one was from the nurse practitioner with the transplant at inova fairfax and the other was from john. they called within minutes of each other to say they had a heart and looked like a good one and it was time for me to go to the hospital. we went to this other hospital. in the middle of the night? in the middle of the night. one of the most remarkable nights i ever had as a physician and walked into the icu where this person was being maintained with respirator. and other intravenous drips, et cetera. and when i walked into the room, i had to remind myself that i wasn t looking at a person who was sick or in danger of dying but i was looking at a person who had already died. there is a picture in the book of the vice president and one of his grandchildren and that, to me, that s what it is about. you don t just save a life. you bringto life.