A SOQUEL TEENAGER IS RECOVERING, AFTER HAVING RECEIVED A LONG-AWAITED HEART TRANSPLANT. GAVIN JACK, A 2013 SOQUEL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE (WHO HAD BEEN BATTLING HEART FAILURE AND A LUNG INFECTION), RECEIVED HIS NEW HEART FRIDAY. JACK IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER’S – INTENSIVE CARE UNIT FOR ANOTHER COUPLE WEEKS, AND HE WILL THEN HAVE TO STAY CLOSE TO STANFORD FOR THE NEXT 3-6 MONTHS. THE ESTIMATED COST OF RECEIVING A HEART TRANSPLANT IS 75 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IN A RELATED STORY, ON FRIDAY (THE SAME NIGHT AS JACK GOT HIS NEW HEART), 7 SANTA CRUZ COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS COMPETED IN THE FUNDRAISER “GAVIN’S RACE”, WHICH RAISED 42- HUNDRED DOLLARS.
