Posted by
Billy on Monday, December 29, 2008 1:23:32 PM
No more backpack full of IV equipment and medicines to lug around. No more defibrillator vest that poked Macy Stevens when she slept and left bruises on her body. No more hospital gown and no more tubes.
On Christmas, it's just a comfy sweat suit and bare feet on grandma's carpet as Macy, 10, plays Lincoln Logs with her cousins and sisters.
A little more than three weeks earlier, Macy underwent a heart transplant at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
She feels well and her chest doesn't hurt. The feisty redhead is cracking jokes as she always has. And like most kids, she's excited about what she got for Christmas.
As Macy plays, parents Jordan and Karen Stevens, both 38, think of how glad they are to celebrate this Christmas.
Their joy is countered — somewhere — by loss for another family