Rod Carew's new heart, kidney came from late NFL player

"Forever, I will take care of this one because I've been given a second chance, and God knows how I feel and what I'm going to do for him", Carew responded, according to the story.

Reuland bounced around between multiple teams from 2011 through 2016, and appeared in four regular-season contests for the Ravens in 2015.

"We are so thankful, so grateful, so there aren't adequate words", Rhonda Carew told the Reulands. She'd signed up to do it, so he did, too.

"The entire thing is quite recently inconceivable", Carew disclosed to American Heart Association News. It was discovered that Reuland's heart and kidney to a 71-year-old man less than five miles away.

Carew went on the transplant waiting list the Friday before Thanksgiving and moved higher a few weeks later.

The previous fall, blood thinners he took as a major aspect of his convention prompted seeping in his cerebrum, making it more dire for him to get another heart.

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After his surgery, Carew said he'd like to meet the family of the person who donated the heart, but a recipient doesn't get to ask for a meeting; only the donor's family can.

Carew started the Heart of 29 campaign - 29 was his jersey number during his standout career with the Minnesota Twins and Angels - to bring awareness to heart disease and help with prevention. He got the call that a match was found on December 14. The 1977 A.L. MVP being in position to receive a new heart after a tragic death is the circle of life at its best. Mary lost her father and a 31-year-old brother to heart attacks; Ralf's father has received a stent and battles atrial fibrillation.

Both families need to urge more individuals to wind up organ contributors.

The families plan to cooperate, particularly on "Heart of 29", the crusade Carew began a year ago with the American Heart Association.

As noted, Reuland was 29 when he died.

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