LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – It was a miracle one Arkansan wasn’t sure would happen or not, but it did.
For years Janesha Coleman has been waiting on a heart transplant, and when one was donated, she said it was life-changing.
Conway woman gets heart transplant
Now 34 years old, Coleman was diagnosed with congestive heart failure after having her second child in 2019.
“It felt like I was drowning all the time,” Coleman said.
Unfortunately, in 2022 during her next pregnancy, her health only worsened.
“We found out the left side [of her heart] wasn’t functioning so I had to get this impella placed in me, it helped me breathe better,” Coleman said.
But after her heart stopped for a second time, she was eventually admitted into Baptist Health in November of 2023 going on a waiting list for a heart transplant.
Officials with ARORA say there are more than 3,300 people listed on the national organ waiting list for a heart transplant.
“You never know what is going to happen and you never know when your time is coming,” Coleman said.