Bill Coon

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; border-collapse: separate; ">On April 24, 1989, Bill Coon was born with a congenital birth defect known as a Hypoplastic Left Ventricle. That night, he was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Chicago, Illinois, where his parents were told that the only cure would be an infant heart transplant. They were also told that Bill had 21 days left to live, for if they waited any longer than 21 days, the rest of his organs would begi<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; ">n to fail. In the last hours of his 21st day, the phone rang with a donor offer from Canada. That night, on May 16, 1989, Bill Coon became the fourth infant heart transplant to ever be performed in the Midwest, and the eighth in the nation.<br><br>Years passed, and Bill never suffered any complications. However, on June 8, 2009, Bill was rushed to the hospital where he was diagnosed with end-stage heart and kidney failure. He later spent 70 days in the Intensive Care Unit awaiting his second heart and first kidney transplant. His life was later saved on October 21, 2009.&nbsp;<br><br>Since returning home from the hospital in 2009, Bill Coon has become an avid spokesperson for organ donation. His unique perspective as both an infant and an adult transplant recipient has afforded Bill the opportunity to spread global organ donor awareness with his tell-all memoir, "SWIM: A Memoir of Survival".<br><br>Bill's personal experience and ability to overcome obstacles has enabled him to share remarks before the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, The American Heart Association, and many other well-respected organizations. His conversational approach to his story and the world of medicine has won audiences everywhere!</span></span><br>

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