of them a hat trick for history , by the way, the next game in Baton Rouge down at the River center is tomorrow night. You see? That Might be you on the tomorrow. You never know, Believe how about a first in the medical field Surgeons at Duke University celebrating a successful transplant surgery and one child is celebrating a brand new heartou Merry Christmas to each and every one. As we celebrate Christmas you may wonder if Jesus Christ can make a difference in your life. You bet He can. That's why He came, to save us from our sins. He came to this earth as a baby, took our sins to the cross 33-years later, and He shed His blood on that cross, and He died for you and for me. But on the third day, God raised Him to life. He's not dead. He's alive. If you have never invited Him into your heart. If you've never trusted Him as your Savior, you can do that right now. Just pray this prayer with me, just say, "Dear God, "I'm a sinner. "I'm sorry for my sins. "Forgive me. "I believe that Jesus is your Son. "I believe that He took my sins to the cross, "that He died in my place, "and I believe that You raised Him to life. "I want to trust Him now as my Savior, "and follow Him as my Lord. "I pray this in Jesus' Name, "Amen." If you prayed that prayer, call that number. 5 49 medical miracle. I mean, that's that's literally what some folks are calling this right now the world's first combination heart transplant and finest implantation. Surgeons at Duke University spearheaded this . And now 1 18 month old is thriving. Elizabeth Val shares these details. Little Eastern Simeon came into the world last year with a broken heart. Six defects and all that were too severe for doctors to fix. If we didn't go the transplant route, he wouldn't be here today. Doctors also determined that Eastern had an immune system that wasn't working. We found out that he didn't have T cells. T cells are something that are produced by the thymus they help to fight. Fight infection. Dr. Joseph Turek and his team proposed an investigational procedure that had been pioneered at Duke but never performed in humans before a combination heart transplant and implantation of cultured thymus tissue. Doctors believe the implanted thymus cells would reduce the need for anti rejection drops. Eastern's mom says it wasn't a difficult choice for her family to make since the thymus implantation posed little risk to their son. If you do it, and it works your Yeah, changing how transplants were done worldwide when Eastern was six months old, a donor heart became available. Surgeons also sent thymus tissue from the same donor to a lab for processing. The heart transplant was first and we went back to the operating room two weeks later, and we did the culture, timing, tissue implantation, Eastern's doctors and family noticed the difference immediately. He was no longer this kind of bluish gray ash color, not getting enough oxygen . It's very exciting. He's got a functioning heart. He's got a functioning immune systems. Eastern left Duke Hospital after seven months growing stronger at home Not only celebrating his first birthday, but another one year milestone. We call it his heart birthday. His hard bursaries August 6th was when he received his transplant. Elizabeth Vowel with your health this morning, celebrating a lot of days left even that little smile right there, Eastern's mother, saying the doctors have actually just started reducing one of his anti rejection medications, which, of course, is a great sign. It shows that his body is accepting the transplants. Love that good news . That's a great story part of the world. We are keeping our eyes on some things that you and your family need to know about on this Wednesday morning Quiet for many of us not so much northwest of bad news this morning where heavy rain and flooding threats been unfolding and likely will continue over at least the next couple of hours with this line of storms just not making much eastward progress, so storms kind of