{"product_id":"waiting-kate-oboyle-9781947703056","title":"Waiting: 568 Thoughts While Waiting for a Heart Transplant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristiaan Neethling Barnard (8 November 1922 - 2 September 2001) was a South A ican cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant on December 3, 1967.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever the same againIn 1967, at the age of 12, I read in the newspaper that Dr. Christian Barnard had performed the first human-to-human heart transplant. I remember seeing the photograph of Luis Washkansky in his hospital bed. I was amazed. I wondered what Louis was feeling. I wondered what it was like having someone else's heart? I wondered how all of that was possible? Although he would die 18 days later, the story of that heart transplant remained with me. Little did I know that not only would I be related to someone with a heart transplant but, that I would undergo this same life-saving procedure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate O'Boyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947703056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947703056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine O'Boyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.68d","brand":"Kate O'Boyle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978371727615,"sku":"9781947703056","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06e117dc-97e8-4890-bb34-21e8a413e69b.jpg?v=1683241179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waiting-kate-oboyle-9781947703056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}