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That's true. Anything specifically you guys need information on right now? We got that call, let's-a-go. You need to be here tonight at 7 o'clock. [Music] [Music]

Yeah, we're gonna start with the donor, and I think Katie will probably get down there by about 9:00 a.m. They’re still envisioning 24:32 every time. Yeah, I imagine. I mean, I think, you know, I'm thinking in my head 30 hours, so right between that time frame that you're talking about. Are you having any second thoughts?

I think you could kind of hear initially, but on the donor, we're going to not [Music]. The main goal is, is this—that's the main goal. This—we're gonna do a little bit up here, but it's not a major part of what they do. Thank You, Your mercies that are new every day. We thank you for this opportunity. [Music]

In order to get to the tissues and create space for what we're transplanting, all this has to be removed, including bone here, bone here, bone here, and we need access to it while still preserving things that makers filter by Katie. There's always the risk that in the middle of working to prepare Katie, we might have to stop and be left with virtually nothing because the donor could become unstable.

Katie said to me, "If something happens to me during the transplant, I don't want you to be upset." I was probably a lot more nervous than she was. Once we make a decision, there's no going back. [Music]