Word: stuckwish
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...heart, which would certainly be beyond reach inside a transplant patient's chest. Anticipating the problem. Cooley had a talk with the county medical examiner, who finally agreed to take no action under this provision. Only then did Cooley give Nicks's heart to John Stuckwish, 62, of Alpine, Texas...
...Cooley's three patients, Thomas continued to make good progress a week after his transplant; Stuckwish, at week's end, was still battling for life. Cobb died 2½ days after the operation, of obscure causes. But it was certainly not because his new heart had failed. It was in such good condition, said Cooley, that he would have transplanted it to a second patient if a suitable recipient had been available...
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