An Alaska man missed his heart transplant surgery after a massive winter storm canceled his flight to Seattle where his procedure was scheduled.
Holland, a father of 7 who lives in Fairbanks, Alaska, is battling congestive heart failure. After a year of waiting, he was added to the transplant list on Dec. 5, his wife Haley Holland posted on achronicling his journey. She said he had a flight booked to Seattle, where the surgery would take place, but they were waiting for a call from doctors at the Heart Institute at UW Medical Center at Montlake to tell them that a heart was available.
His wife said in a Facebook post that because so many flights travel between Fairbanks and Seattle, they didn't think getting to the hospital in time would be an issue. Missing the opportunity to have the surgery has been devastating, she said.
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