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First she got the flu, then she needed an organ transplant<\/h1>\n

Jana Morrelli was a 27-year old newlywed. Organ donation was the furthest thing from her mind. Soon it would become her entire life.<\/p>\n

It started with a bad sore throat, the kind that lingers. She went to the doctor three times searching for answers.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Jana Morrelli is all smiles as she recollects the first time she walked down the transplant hall of University of Washington Medical Center. She has had regular three-month checkups since she had a heart transplant in 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n

Doctors ran tests, offered up possible diagnoses \u2014 bronchitis, other upper respiratory infections, but there was no clear cause.<\/p>\n

After three weeks, Morrelli says it began to feel like her brain stopped working. She couldn\u2019t remember where she\u2019d parked her car. Morrelli could no longer walk a city block without wheezing or gasping for air. Once, she cried when she realized she would have to walk an extra block, scraping her hand along the wall to keep her balance.<\/p>\n

She was in the emergency room when a CAT scan revealed her heart was failing. The flu had damaged her heart. She was admitted immediately to the ICU.<\/p>\n

From her bed, Morrelli overheard a doctor in the ICU remark, \u201cOh, she just won the lottery\u2026in a bad way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were no symptoms that anyone would know to look for,\u201d Morrelli says. \u201cI was a healthy 27-year old and you wouldn\u2019t run these big, expensive tests on a healthy 27-year old.\u201d<\/p>\n

She lived with her weakening heart for nine years and her health continued to worsen. There wasn\u2019t a medication to heal the damage. Morrelli suffered multiple heart attacks and endless visits to the hospital.<\/p>\n

The next step was to implant a heart pump.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey cut me open from my collar bone, over a foot, all the way down my chest, opened my ribs and inserted a pump the size of a hockey puck.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pump was powered by a motor that rested in a 12-pound pack. To live, Morrelli had to wear the pack she described as an \u201cugly purse\u201d every day.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Every three months Jana Morrelli has her blood drawn at the University of Washington Medical Center. She still turns away each time.<\/p><\/div>\n

A heart transplant would save her life, doctors told her. But before her name could be added to the list, she would have to earn it.<\/p>\n

With more than 114,000 people in the United States on the transplant waiting list and 20 of those people dying everyday, there\u2019s a very strict list of requirements<\/a> based on the patient\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

Morrelli met every condition except one \u2014\u00a0she was overweight. Despite being health-stricken and depleted, Jana would have to lose 55 pounds just to get a spot on the list. Determined, she worked with a nutritionist and recruited her friends to help her shed the weight by taking walks.<\/p>\n

To fight boredom, she used her iPhone to capture the images she saw along her walks. The photos motivated her to keep walking.<\/p>\n

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Jana Morrelli beams at LifeCenter Northwest, the local organ procurement center that found
her heart. She’s a volunteer there today.<\/p><\/div>\n

It took Morrelli eight months to reach her goal weight and prove to the doctors she could keep it off. She finally achieved a spot on the transplant list.<\/p>\n

She was told that the wait could be up to a year, but LifeCenter Northwest, an organization that matches recipients and organ donors, called her six weeks later.<\/p>\n

Morrelli cries as she recounts the night she received a call from the doctor that her heart had arrived. She gets emotional talking about the pain her family felt when they saw her in hospital beds. They never knew if it would be the last time.<\/p>\n

But thanks to her new heart, there\u2019s hope for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy body can now keep up with my mind,\u201d Morrelli said.<\/p>\n

Morrelli takes precautions to protect her health. She takes two handfuls of pills daily. The immunosuppressants are vital to preventing her body from rejecting her new heart, but the side effects are potentially damaging.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think one of the things that people wonder is how I could come through this and not be scared of my own shadow or worried about something like this happening again. I have that…but I think a lot of this is a decision. This is deciding that I am not going to let that worry overtake my actions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Today, Morrelli volunteers with LifeCenter Northwest. It has become Morrelli\u2019s second home.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrgan donation can change a life and transform a family and can give hope and opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morrelli talks to to medical professionals about how donation has affected her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey see the part that\u2019s really heart-wrenching and difficult and emotional. I go in and show them the wonderful side.\u201d<\/p>\n

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First she got the flu, then she needed an organ transplant<\/h1>\n

by Monica Rivera<\/em><\/p>\n

Jana Morrelli was a 27-year old newlywed. Organ donation was the furthest thing from her mind. Soon it would become her entire life.<\/p>\n

It started with a bad sore throat, the kind that lingers. She went to the doctor three times searching for answers.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Jana Morrelli is all smiles as she recollects the first time she walked down the transplant hall of University of Washington Medical Center. She has had regular three-month checkups since she had a heart transplant in 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n

Doctors ran tests, offered up possible diagnoses \u2014 bronchitis, other upper respiratory infections, but there was no clear cause.<\/p>\n

After three weeks, Morrelli says it began to feel like her brain stopped working. She couldn\u2019t remember where she\u2019d parked her car. Morrelli could no longer walk a city block without wheezing or gasping for air. Once, she cried when she realized she would have to walk an extra block, scraping her hand along the wall to keep her balance.<\/p>\n

She was in the emergency room when a CAT scan revealed her heart was failing. The flu had damaged her heart. She was admitted immediately to the ICU.<\/p>\n

From her bed, Morrelli overheard a doctor in the ICU remark, \u201cOh, she just won the lottery\u2026in a bad way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were no symptoms that anyone would know to look for,\u201d Morrelli says. \u201cI was a healthy 27-year old and you wouldn\u2019t run these big, expensive tests on a healthy 27-year old.\u201d<\/p>\n

She lived with her weakening heart for nine years and her health continued to worsen. There wasn\u2019t a medication to heal the damage. Morrelli suffered multiple heart attacks and endless visits to the hospital.<\/p>\n

The next step was to implant a heart pump.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey cut me open from my collar bone, over a foot, all the way down my chest, opened my ribs and inserted a pump the size of a hockey puck.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pump was powered by a motor that rested in a 12-pound pack. To live, Morrelli had to wear the pack she described as an \u201cugly purse\u201d every day.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Every three months Jana Morrelli has her blood drawn at the University of Washington Medical Center. She still turns away each time.<\/p><\/div>\n

A heart transplant would save her life, doctors told her. But before her name could be added to the list, she would have to earn it.<\/p>\n

With more than 114,000 people in the United States on the transplant waiting list and 20 of those people dying everyday, there\u2019s a very strict list of requirements<\/a> based on the patient\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

Morrelli met every condition except one \u2014\u00a0she was overweight. Despite being health-stricken and depleted, Jana would have to lose 55 pounds just to get a spot on the list. Determined, she worked with a nutritionist and recruited her friends to help her shed the weight by taking walks.<\/p>\n

To fight boredom, she used her iPhone to capture the images she saw along her walks. The photos motivated her to keep walking.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/div>
\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/div><\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"\"

Jana Morrelli beams at LifeCenter Northwest, the local organ procurement center that found
her heart. She’s a volunteer there today.<\/p><\/div>\n

It took Morrelli eight months to reach her goal weight and prove to the doctors she could keep it off. She finally achieved a spot on the transplant list.<\/p>\n

She was told that the wait could be up to a year, but LifeCenter Northwest, an organization that matches recipients and organ donors, called her six weeks later.<\/p>\n

Morrelli cries as she recounts the night she received a call from the doctor that her heart had arrived. She gets emotional talking about the pain her family felt when they saw her in hospital beds. They never knew if it would be the last time.<\/p>\n

But thanks to her new heart, there\u2019s hope for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy body can now keep up with my mind,\u201d Morrelli said.<\/p>\n

Morrelli takes precautions to protect her health. She takes two handfuls of pills daily. The immunosuppressants are vital to preventing her body from rejecting her new heart, but the side effects are potentially damaging.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think one of the things that people wonder is how I could come through this and not be scared of my own shadow or worried about something like this happening again. I have that…but I think a lot of this is a decision. This is deciding that I am not going to let that worry overtake my actions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Today, Morrelli volunteers with LifeCenter Northwest. It has become Morrelli\u2019s second home.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrgan donation can change a life and transform a family and can give hope and opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morrelli talks to to medical professionals about how donation has affected her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey see the part that\u2019s really heart-wrenching and difficult and emotional. I go in and show them the wonderful side.\u201d<\/p>\n

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First she got the flu, then she needed an organ transplant<\/h1>

Jana Morrelli was a 27-year old newlywed. Organ donation was the furthest thing from her mind. Soon it would become her entire life.<\/p>

It started with a bad sore throat, the kind that lingers. She went to the doctor three times searching for answers.<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_197\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"355\"]\"\" Jana Morelli is all smiles as she recollects the first time she walked down the transplant hall of University of Washington Medical Center. She has had regular three-month checkups since she had a heart transplant in 2016.[\/caption]

Doctors ran tests, offered up possible diagnoses \u2014 bronchitis, other upper respiratory infections, but there was no clear cause.<\/p>

After three weeks, Morrelli says it began to feel like her brain stopped working. She couldn\u2019t remember where she\u2019d parked her car. Morrelli could no longer walk a city block without wheezing or gasping for air. Once she cried when she realized she would have to walk an extra block, scraping her hand along the wall to keep her balance.<\/p>

She was in the emergency room when a CAT scan revealed her heart was failing. The flu had damaged her heart. She was admitted immediately to the ICU.<\/p>

From her bed, Morrelli overheard a doctor in the ICU remark, \u201cOh, she just won the lottery\u2026in a bad way.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cThere were no symptoms that anyone would know to look for,\u201d Morrelli says. \u201cI was a healthy 27-year old and you wouldn\u2019t run these big, expensive tests on a healthy 27-year old.\u201d<\/p>

She lived with her weakening heart for nine years and her health continued to worsen. There wasn\u2019t a medication to heal the damage. Morrelli suffered multiple heart attacks and endless visits to the hospital.<\/p>

The next step was to implant a heart pump.<\/p>

\u201cThey cut me open from my collar bone, over a foot, all the way down my chest, opened my ribs and inserted a pump the size of a hockey puck.\u201d<\/p>

The pump was powered by a motor that rested in a 12-pound pack. To live, Morrelli had to wear the pack she described as an \u201cugly purse\u201d every day.<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_198\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]\"\" Every three months Jana Morelli has her blood drawn at the University of Washington Medical Center. She still turns away each time.[\/caption]

A heart transplant would save her life, doctors told her. But before her name could be added to the list, she would have to earn it.<\/p>

With more than 114.000 people in the United States on the transplant waiting list and 20 of those people dying everyday, there\u2019s a very strict list of requirements<\/a> based on the patient\u2019s health.<\/p>

Morrelli met every condition except one \u2014\u00a0she was overweight. Despite being health-stricken and depleted, Jana would have to lose 55 pounds just to get a spot on the list. Determined, she worked with a nutritionist and recruited her friends to help her shed the weight by taking walks.<\/p>

To fight boredom, she used her iPhone to capture the images she saw along her walks. The photos motivated her to keep walking.<\/p>

[metaslider id=\"270\"]<\/p>[caption id=\"attachment_196\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"234\"]\"\" Jana Morelli beams at LifeCenter Northwest, the local organ procurement center that found
her heart. She's a volunteer there today.[\/caption]

It took Morrelli eight months to reach her goal weight and prove to the doctors she could keep it off. She finally achieved a spot on the transplant list.<\/p>

She was told that the wait could be up to a year, but LifeCenter Northwest, an organization that matches recipients and organ donors, called her six weeks later.<\/p>

Morrelli cries as she recounts the night she received a call from the doctor that her heart had arrived. She gets emotional talking about the pain her family felt when they saw her in hospital beds. They never knew if it would be the last time.<\/p>

But thanks to her new heart, there\u2019s hope for the future.<\/p>

\u201cMy body can now keep up with my mind,\u201d Morrelli said.<\/p>

Morrelli takes precautions to protect her health. She takes two handfuls of pills daily. The immunosuppressants are vital to preventing her body from rejecting her new heart, but the side effects are potentially damaging.<\/p>

\u201cI think one of the things that people wonder is how I could come through this and not be scared of my own shadow or worried about something like this happening again. I have that...but I think a lot of this is a decision. This is deciding that I am not going to let that worry overtake my actions,\u201d she said.<\/p>

Today, Morrelli volunteers with LifeCenter Northwest. It has become Morrelli\u2019s second home.<\/p>

\u201cOrgan donation can change a life and transform a family and can give hope and opportunity.\u201d<\/p>

Morrelli talks to to medical professionals about how donation has affected her life.<\/p>

\u201cThey see the part that\u2019s really heart-wrenching and difficult and emotional. 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