1.   The previous transplants had come from accident victims and were rejected within days.

2.   But most transplants come from cadavers, and the waiting period for lungs is two years or more.

3.   Doctors told KanDee Nichols that the ideal kidney transplant would come from a blood relative or a cadaver, but she was insistent on being tested anyway.

4.   She said when the transplant came up for review, Humana officials searched for a way to deny it.

5.   But eventually, the transplant itself could come from a pig.

6.   Many compatible transplants come from relatives, but there were no matches for Holan in his family.

7.   Then came heart transplants, first by Dr. Christian Barnard in South Africa and next by two Americans, Drs. Norman Shumway and Denton Cooley.