Jarren Jasper, the 14-year-old son of Navy offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper, received a long-awaited heart transplant late Monday night at Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., according to his mother, Donna Jasper.
"Heart is in and beating on its own!" Donna wrote in a text to ESPN, adding that the next 24 hours are critical, but the doctor was happy with the transplant.
Jarren, who was supposed to be a freshman quarterback at Broadneck High School in Annapolis, Maryland, this year, has been living with an LVAD (left ventricular assist device) pumping blood through his heart for months.