"It's been a long ride. You know, you look at it in different ways. You never look at your kids in the same way, I think, when you have somebody who's got something -- a heart situation. You know, I've never said 'Why us?' because I feel like it's a gift. I look at it as an honor. Like, wow, what a cool thing that I get to do, to take care of this person like this. To have it humble us, you know?


"As a parent you go in and if you can make it through the surgery everything's going to be okay. But, like you say, that's not the end. That's just part of it. }}}