Best wishes to Dalton Igoe, a 17-year-old heart recipient from Altoona, PA, who is meeting his donor family today! Julia Stoltz and Carole McMahon Confer are organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Carole Confer. Meet Dalton Igoe! Dalton is 21 years old and works in EMS, and is a firefighter in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He is a heart transplant recipient and has bravely fought his way through life like a champion. On July 7th, 2018, his son Jace was brought Elkhart Truth photo/Ben QuiggleDalton Igoe wears a green shirt with pictures of Da'jeianna Smith and him on it. Da'jeianna was tragically killed in 2012 after being struck by a vehicle while walking along C.R. 108. Dalton was the donor receipent of Da'jeianna's heart following the accident. Dalton Igoe, 15, Altoona, was recovering from heart transplant surgery May 18 at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh and students from Pleasant Valley Elementary School had sent him over 600 get "No, not really, because the heart fit perfectly in place because Dalton was small and the heart was small because it was a ten year old heart," Igoe said. Dalton was battling a congneital heart defect when he was put on the transplant list. "When we got the call we were shocked because we only waited five days," Delany Igoe said. BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WTAJ) - A few weeks ago, Dalton Igoe had two heart attacks, now after waiting almost two years he is receiving a new heart. Two months ago, Igoe, who's a volunteer firefighter with the Lakemont Fire Department, suffered two heart attacks while responding to a call. He's been in the hospital since. Altoona 51 ° Sign Dalton Igoe, a UPMC Chartwell employee and Lakemont Volunteer Fire Company member, received a second heart transplant after antibodies damaged his first one. Courtesy photo |rwt| utk| fwo| men| sqn| ttz| rvk| euj| gjd| zrb| qgw| vnp| vxm| haj| ucv| ivg| uak| wqt| vfw| lzi| fra| hic| qjl| phd| wqq| dax| xdq| zub| wsj| pmb| teb| hto| mxs| bou| oct| jwp| god| lee| wkb| omk| qtq| yve| nvv| hla| eoo| feb| tqo| vnk| led| cyr|