Sharing the smallest of hearts: A Colorado girl lives because of another family’s loss

Only Melanie Everitt, a pediatric cardiologist and director of the Children’s Colorado heart transplant program [and professor of pediatrics at CU School of Medicine], said yes. Everitt agreed with Willow’s parents — the operation on the child’s valves wasn’t the best option. There was a good chance she would put Willow on the transplant list, pending more tests in Colorado.