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Side note: Mayo clinic didn't want to do the operation so she went to the University of Minnesota. Her oncologist from 38 years ago referred her to Dr. Sara Shumway who has done this type of operation 30 times. It's complicated because of the sever scarring. Dr. Shumway is the daughter of Dr. Norman Shumway who did the first human heart transplant at Stanford.