Longtime North Texas radio host Hal Jay is back home recovering after spending weeks in the hospital and receiving a heart transplant that saved his life. He shares his story with NBC 5.
As Hal stayed in the ICU he’d been instructed to keep his phone with him. He’d get a phone call when and if a donor's heart became available.
The transplant, an open heart surgery in which Jay’s dying organ would be replaced with a healthy heart from a donor, was performed in the wee hours of Saturday, Feb. 3. “He’s done phenomenally well,” Hall said. “It was all of that prep work before he even needed the transplant. He went into the surgery strong despite having a mechanical pump supporting him and he came out strong. The heart was working well right away."Dr. Shelly Hall talks about her heart patient, Hal Jay, with NBC 5's Deborah Ferguson, in February 2023.
“I don't ever want to forget there's a family suffering somewhere, too, but maybe they're not because they give the gift of life to me,” Hal said.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Spirit adds new route from San Jose to DFW Airport - Dallas Business JournalSpirit has been expanding at DFW as part of a plan to grow the number of flights it offers from the airport by 20% this spring.
Read more »
Japanese Company 2nd Street USA Brings a Wonderland of Affordable Resale Clothing to DFWAs fashionistas endlessly bookmark luxury pieces on resale treasure trove The RealReal, and TikTok influencers serve up the latest microtrends, 2023 is the ideal time for the opening of 2nd Street USA.
Read more »
Longtime Inglewood bishop Kenneth Ulmer gives final sermonIt's the end of an era for one of LA's biggest churches in the Black community as Bishop Kenneth Ulmer steps down as senior pastor of Faithful Central Bible Church in Inglewood after 40 years of ministry.
Read more »
Longtime 'Law & Order: SVU' actor Richard Belzer dies at 78For more than two decades and across 10 series - including even appearances on '30 Rock' and 'Arrested Development' - Belzer played the wise-cracking homicide detective prone to conspiracy theories.
Read more »