SAT . Between Hope and Heartbreak: A Texas Family Waits for the Call That Could Change Everything
There is a phone call every transplant family waits for — one that carries two powerful emotions at the same time: hope for one life, and heartbreak for another.
That is where Miller’s family finds themselves tonight in Texas.
They are in Houston after receiving the call that could change everything. A call that brings the possibility of new lungs — and with it, the quiet, sacred weight of knowing another family may soon be saying goodbye so Miller can have a chance to live.
They are asking for prayers — for peace in impossible decisions, and for comfort for the family whose profound loss could become Miller’s second chance at life. There is joy wrapped in sorrow here, and love woven deeply through grief.
Miller is no stranger to fighting for his life. He is a two-time AML leukemia survivor. A two-time bone marrow transplant warrior. Now, he is battling a rare and devastating lung disease that has slowly stolen his breath, one day at a time.
Doctors at Texas Children’s Hospital — home to one of the nation’s leading lung transplant programs — are carefully evaluating whether Miller can be listed for a transplant that could give him his life back. The process is heavy. The numbers are small. And the stakes could not be higher.
Through it all, Miller continues to lean on faith. He tells his doctors that he draws strength from the prayers and messages sent by people he has never met. He says he believes God still has a plan for his life.
Tonight, his family is holding space for both miracles and mourning — praying for new lungs while honoring the unimaginable generosity of a family whose selfless decision could make that miracle possible.
In the space between hope and heartbreak, they wait. And they ask a simple, profound question:
What words would you offer a family living here?
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