Man Gets New Heart After Friends Raise $100,000
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
An oil-field worker whose friends and neighbors raised more than $100,000 for his medical bills received a human heart Thursday in a transplant operation at Humana Hospital Audubon, officials said. Sam Glidewell, 46, of Lavaca, Ark., was reported in stable condition after the five-hour operation.
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