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Five years ago, Chet Szuber received the heart of his youngest child, Patti, who had been killed in a car accident. Now, with each passing day, he celebrates her spirit. Szuber had to 1 his job because of his heart disease. In 1990, Szuber was put on the waiting list for a heart transplant (移植),which seemed to offer his last hope to live. But as years went by and no heart came his 2 , he got to a point where he could 3 move around during the day. "I had kind of given up,"he says. Early on Aug.18, 1994, Patti, then 22, was thrown from the car on the mountain road. 4 the Szubers got to the hospital, she was there with no hope of staying alive. Her family remembered that she had once mentioned that she had filled out an organ-donor card (器官捐赠卡) , so they gave the hospital the go ahead to do whatever was 5 to get her organs to needy recipients ( people who receive the organs). On Aug.21, Szuber was informed that Patti was brain dead and suggested that he could get his daughter's heart. Szuber 6 , "I wasn't sure I could stand every heartbeat making me remember Patti. " Finally, his wife asked him to accept. 7 of Patti's organs were given to other recipients, and within 24 hours her heart was beating in Szuber. Since then he has tried to honor her memory as best as he can by speaking for organ donation. Every year he gives a dozen 8 around the country, raising awareness (意识) of the need for organ donors and asking people to sign up. 9 most other recipients, Szuber has never celebrated the "second birth- day"." lt's hard to celebrate a life and death 10 ," says his wife, "so we just kind of forgot about it. " But those who have received Patti's organs cannot forget. Thanks to Patti's organs, they now live a normal life, 11 the problems they ever had. It is a feeling Chet Szuber knows well, but always with that heartbreak. " It's such a bittersweet situation.I certainly 12 the good health," he says, "but I sure do miss that kid. " | ||||
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