Jefferson Forest student and family holding onto faith while waiting for heart transplant

FOREST, Va. (WSET) — Jefferson Forest student Cody Beck should be enjoying his summer break, but instead, he’s in the hospital at UVA waiting for a heart transplant.

“I have a thing called PLE- protein losing enteropathy, and it is where literally I just flush out a lot of protein, electrolytes and other stuff out of my body constantly,” Cody said.

Cody has had five potential matches so far, but none of them worked out…

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