PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — CJ Adams of York County is a lifelong Phillies fan thanks to his late great-grandfather, Perry.
CJ tries to watch the games as often as possible, checks the score every day, and has immersed himself in stats, finding out everything he can through research.
It was his love of the Phillies and sports that helped him get through a trying time of many hospital visits and surgeries, before receiving a life-saving heart transplant this past January at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. CJ was on the list for 3 ½ years, which his mother Jessica Adams explained is a long time to wait. She said his antibody count was the reason, and they could only match him to 15% of the population…