• A Heart on Valentine's Day || a conversation with Hailey Steimel

  • Feb 10 2023
  • Length: 33 mins
  • Podcast

A Heart on Valentine's Day || a conversation with Hailey Steimel

  • Summary

  • Today is an extra special episode where Brooke talks to a new friend, heart recipient, organ donation advocate, and author Hailey Steimel. Hailey shares her story of a congenital heart defect, surgery at age 1, and a much-needed heart transplant as a teenager that came on Valentine's Day, making it even more special.

    Hailey is sweet and lovely and talks openly about how it felt to be a teenager in the hospital, requiring an RVAD to stay alive until she got her life-saving gift. Hailey has a relationship with her donor family, and tells us about the dynamics and feelings around that.

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    • A Heart on Valentine's Day on Amazon
    • A Heart on Valentine's Day from Barnes & Noble

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