A heart transplant survivor has 5,000 reasons to smile and now, so do the school staff at a California children s hospital, who made a huge impact on the teen s life.
Athena Tran tells PEOPLE she learned that she was eligible for a Make-A-Wish just a few weeks ahead of her heart transplant on Dec. 6, 2017. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Instead of choosing to take a vacation or meet her favorite celebrity, Tran, 16, opted to use the $5,000 to give back to the school staff at Lucile Packard Children s Hospital at Stanford.
could that be used? we were told that there are $30 million in federal stimulus dollars unaccounted for of the money that s been spent. $2 million went to fixing the roof at the coliseum which is a apparently, a rarely-used venue and $2.4 million went to algae research. what is this saving? it s $1.4 million a year. we asked governor brewer to come on the program tonight and she said she wasn t available tonight or for the entire rest of the month or the first half of january. the invitation stands. arizona state representative was available and she feels strongly about this. not only politically but personally as a transplant survivor. i talked to her earlier tonight. representative, you had a bone mayor roy transplant ten years ago and you said it saved your life. for you, is 24 what governor brewer calls optional type of care? definitely this transplant saved my life.
as local transplant experts this group of doctors say they were not kulgted in the first place and no one listened. what about federal stimulus money? could that be used? we were told that there are $30 million in federal stimulus dollars unaccounted for of the money that s been spent. $2 million went to fixing the roof at the coliseum which is a apparently, a rarely-used venue and $2.4 million went to algae research. what is this saving? it s $1.4 million a year. we asked governor brewer to come on the program tonight and she said she wasn t available tonight or for the entire rest of the month or the first half of january. the invitation stands. arizona state representative was available and she feels strongly about this. not only politically but personally as a transplant survivor. i talked to her earlier tonight. representative, you had a bone mayor roy transplant ten years ago and you said it saved
cost-cutting measures this they say could at least save the same amount if not more than cutting the transplants. they say they never heard back. as local transplant experts this group of doctors say they were not consulted in the first place and no one listened. what about federal stimulus money? could that be used? we were told that there are $30 million in federal stimulus dollars unaccounted for of the money that s been spent. $2 million went to fixing the roof at the coliseum which is a apparently, a rarely-used venue and $2.4 million went to algae research. what is this saving? it s $1.4 million a year. we asked governor brewer to come on the program tonight and she said she wasn t available tonight or for the entire rest of the month or the first half of january. the invitation stands. arizona state representative was available and she feels strongly about this. not only politically but personally as a transplant survivor. i talked to her earlier tonight. representative, you h
letter recommending other cost-cutting measures this they say could at least save the same amount if not more than cutting the transplants. they say they never heard back. as local transplant experts this group of doctors say they were not consulted in the first place and no one listened. what about federal stimulus money? could that be used? we were told that there are $30 million in federal stimulus dollars unaccounted for of the money that s been spent. $2 million went to fixing the roof at the coliseum which is a apparently, a rarely-used venue and $2.4 million went to algae research. what is this saving? it s $1.4 million a year. we asked governor brewer to come on the program tonight and she said she wasn t available tonight or for the entire rest of the month or the first half of january. the invitation stands. arizona state representative was available and she feels strongly about this. not only politically but personally as a transplant survivor. i talked to her earlier tonigh