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TRACK AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE
VIDEO AND TRIED TO CONFRONT
STEWART DURING THE RACE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO BAT THIS
THING, LET'S GO.
AT LEAST WE ARE GOING TO GET G
SWINGING.
FACED WITH A DEVASTATING
DIAGNOSIS.
THIS WEST VIRGINIA MAN LEFT HIS
ENTIRE LIFE BEHIND AND MOVED TO
BOSTON TAR FOR A LAST CHANCE AT
LIFE.
MASS GENERAL IS ONE OF SEVEN
HOSPITALS THEN NATION THAT
TREATS EXTREMELY RARE HEART
DISEASE.
NEWSCENTER5'S SHOWS THAT YOU
TREATMENT IS GIVING PATIENCE
HOPE.
ONE STEP AT TIME, LACEY
FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE.
SO LET'S START.
IT MAY NOT SOUND LIKEP.
A MAN WHO IS RECOVERING FROM A
HEART TRANSPLANT.
EVERY STEP MATTERS.
THESE STEPS ARE MUCH SLOWER THAN
HE WOULD LIKE.
THE AFTERNOON RADIO SHOW.
LACEY IS WEST VIRGINIA RADIO
ROYALTY.
LOVED BY LISTENERS WHO HAVE BEEN
ON THE AIR 25 YEARS AND THEN
LAST YEAR, LAV GOT HARDER.
A WHOLE DIFFERENT SHOW ALL
THE SUDDEN.
I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING
WRONG WHEN I WOULD TAKE THREE
STEP AND I WOULD STOP.
I HAD TO CATCH MY BREATH.
SAW DOCTOR AFTER DOCTOR AND HE
KEPT GETTING WORSE.
AFTER THE FIFTH HOSPITAL TRIP.
THE HEART IS LIKE SKATE
SHEATHERRED GLASS.
THERE IS LIKE LITTLE SPEARS THAT
HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH.
I.
LALLS SY HAS RARE DISEASE IN
WHICH BE A KNOLLAL PROTEINS
BUILD PUP IN ORGANS, INLAYS SY'S
CASE, HIS HEART.
IT AFFECTS JUST 10,000 AMERICANS
AND FUN TREATED, IT COULD BE
DEAD HI.
HE ALSO HAD MULTIPLE A CANCER OF
THE PLASMA HE'LL CREELS CAN OF
CONTINUE ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATED
WITH IT.
WE HAD ONE SHOT.
WAS MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL.
HE LEADS THE TEAM AT MGA TO
TREAT THE DIES.
HE SHOWED US THIS IMAGE OF THE
ORIGINAL HEART BUMPING FAR TOO
SLOWLY THEM WHITE ARROW POINTS
THE PROTEIN BUILDUP ON THE RIGHT
SIDE.
THE BODY'S REACTION TO THOSE
RETAIN MORE FLUID TO TRY TO HELP
THE HEART PUMP MORE BLOOD BUT
EVENTUALLY IT GETS TO THE POINT
WHERE THE FLUID BACKS HIM TO
LISTENING.
THIS IS LACEY'S NEW HEART
SQUEEZING NORMALLY, NO PROTEIN
DEPOSIT.
LAYS SILL STILL NEEDS A STEM
CELL TRANSPLANT TO TREAT THE
CANCER.
HIS PROGNOSIS IS GOOD.
HIS ATTITUDE, THINK, YOU
KNOW, HAS A LOT TO DO WITH YES
IS DOING SO WELL.
LACEY REFUSES TO LET HIS
DYING THE SIS BEAT HIM AND FACES
UPCOMING STEM CELL TRANSPLANT
WITH OPTIMUM.
YOU GOT TO RUN AT IT.
LACEY EXPECTED TO RECEIVE
THAT STEM CELL TRANSPLANT NEXT
MNT AND SAYS HE IS ACTUAL
WILLING I LOOKING FOR WORD IT
TO.
HE FEELS LOOK ITS THE LAST STEP
TOWARD GETTING THIS BEHIND HIM
AND MOVING WON HIS LIFE.