In just a few weeks, Freddie Burden could get the news that he and his family have been waiting and praying months to hear: Their patriarch, Willie Sr., is cleared to receive a new heart as soon as one is available.
Willie, 64, has been on the transplant list since he arrived at Piedmont Hospital in February. He is completing the last steps involving exercise and diet that son Willie Jr. described as the first steps in the rehab process once he receives the most extraordinary gift.
