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'A Wonderful Thing': Longtime ER Doctor Receives Heart Transplant During Snowstorm
Advanced heart failure patient Dr. Stephen Kemker received a donor heart during a winter storm with local crews ensuring timely transport to Ascension St. Vincent hospital.
- A winter snowstorm threatened delays, but snowplow crews and airport ground teams kept the operation on schedule, enabling Dr. Stephen Kemker to receive a life-saving heart transplant.
- Doctors diagnosed Dr. Stephen Kemker with advanced heart failure linked to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and said a heart transplant was his best chance at survival.
- Asked if they were ready for transplant, the transplant team received the donor call, and hospital staff acted quickly; Dr. Kathleen Morris reported the operation was successful.
- After weeks of recovery, Dr. Stephen Kemker was discharged home and continues to regain his strength, while Kemker's family expresses deep gratitude to the organ donor and donor's family.
- Reporters noted the work of transplant teams, hospital staff, and responders that made Kemker's timely heart transplant possible, highlighting local medical ties since 1993.
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