1.   Her parents were told that her best hope was a special type of transplant, in which a donor heart would be joined to hers, piggy back style.

2.   An attendant unwrapped the donor heart.

3.   Assist pumps may eliminate the need for some transplants, and so may help alleviate the serious shortage of donor hearts for transplant.

4.   A donor heart was located on the East Coast late Monday, and surgeons rushed to move the organ back to California for Matthew.

5.   A team of doctors had flown the donor heart into Miami International Airport from an undisclosed Florida location.

6.   But because of a severe shortage of donors, surgeons are testing self-contained artificial hearts and other mechanical devices to keep patients alive until donor hearts become available.

7.   Cheyenne was extremely lucky, doctors said Thursday, because her defect was detected early and a donor heart was found quickly.

8.   Despite advances in cardiac surgery, transplants remain scarce because donor hearts are scarce.

9.   Donor hearts for infants were too rare.

10.   His charge was to make sure the donor heart was looking good before Burns went under anesthesia for the transplant operation.