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A neighborhood household hopes their very own expertise will encourage others to present again and possibly even save a life.
>>> A LOCAL FAMILY HOPES THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE WILL INSPIRE OTHERS TO GIVE BACK AND MAYBE EVEN SAVE A LIFE. THIS IS COURTNEY MOSS. WE INTRODUCED YOU TO HER IN 2015 WHEN SHE RECEIVED A GIFT OF LIFE AFTER A HEART TRANSPLANT. I WAS THERE TO REPORT ON THE MOMENT WHEN SHE HAD THE CHANCE TO HAVE A WISH GRANTED WHEN SHE MET OUR OWN AMERICAN IDOL, SCOTTY McCREERY. EIGHT YEARS LATER, HER FATHER IS GIVING THE SAME GIFT OF LIFE THAT SAVED HER. LESLIE MORENO IS LIVE AT DUKE HOSPITAL WITH THE FAMILY’S JOURNEY AND THEIR MESSAGE TO OTHERS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. >> Reporter: EVER, COURTNEY’S FATHER IS HERE AT DUKE HOSPITAL . COURTNEY TELLS ME THEY WILL ALWAYS BE TRANSPLANT BUDDIES. SHE SAYS SHE FINDS COMFORT KNOWING HER FATHER WILL NOW BE THE ONE GIVING OTHER FAMILIES A SECOND CHANCE. COURTNEY MOSS WAS BORN WITH A HEART CONDITION THAT REQUIRED A HEART TRANSPLANT SEVEN YEARS AGO. HER FATHER, JOSEPH MOSS AND STEPMOTHER, KIMBERLY MOSS, HAVE NEVER LEFT HER SIDE. >> I HAVE MADE IT SEVEN YEARS AND I AM STILL DOING GOOD. YOU KNOW, AND TO THINK THAT LAST , HE ONLY HAS LESS THAN A MONTH AND IT IS HARD. >> Reporter: HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG DISEASE. BECAUSE HIS LUNGS WERE SOLD DAMAGED, HE REQUIRED A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT WHICH HE RECEIVED IN OCTOBER. HE RECOVERED BUT THEN SUFFERED FROM AN EMBOLISM THAT CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE. >> I KNOW THAT HE WANTS TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR. HE TOLD US THAT. AND I’M GLAD THAT WE ARE GOING THIS ROUTE. >> Reporter: MOSS IS CURRENTLY ON LIFE SUPPORT. THIS THURSDAY, HE WILL BE DONATING HIS TWO KIDNEYS AND HIS LIVER. >> HE WOULD WANT THEM TO GO AND LIVE THEIR LIVES TO THE FULLEST. THAT IS WHAT HE WOULD WANT. AND THAT IS WHAT WE WANT. HIS WIFE TELLS ME HE WASN’T AFRAID. HE ALWAYS BELIEVED HIS HEAVEN WOULD BE LIKE WEST VIRGINIA. >> THAT WAS HIS SERENITY. THAT WAS HIS HEAVEN ON EARTH AND THAT IS WHAT HE PICTURED. HIS HEAVEN WOULD BE HIS WEST VIRGINIA. HE WOULD SPEND EVERY MOMENT THERE THAT HE COULD. >> Reporter: THOUGH HE WILL PHYSICALLY NOT BE HERE THIS HOLIDAY, HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE CALLING THIS A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. >> WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE BECAUSE THIS HAPPENING AROUND THE HOLIDAYS BUT ACTUALLY, I HAVE REFOCUSED MY THINKING ON THIS. IT IS THE GIFT, A MIRACLE THAT THREE PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE BECAUSE OF HIM. >> Reporter: HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DONATING BLOOD. THEY TELL ME WITHOUT SOME OF THOSE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, HE WOULD NEVER HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR SO THEY ARE ENCOURAGING
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