Amazing Watch: Kid Finds Out He Is Getting A Life-Saving Heart And Can't Believe It

Charlotte Observer - It might be the first time lifesaving news was delivered in fluent Wookie.

Austin Eggleston, a 15-year-old student struggling with multiple congenital heart defects, was waiting at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.

His heart had stopped responding to treatment, prompting doctors to place him on a transplant list. Major surgery was in his future, if and when a matching heart could be found, reported the Pontiac Daily Leader.

It was an anxious wait to find a heart that would match Austin’s needs. But his doctor Philip Thrush told the “Star Wars” fan that whenever they found a match, he would get the news from Chewbacca, according to ABC 7.

And so he did.

In a video captured by the hospital on March 17, Austin doesn’t seem to expect anything as he sits on his bed chatting about what he’ll be doing on St. Patrick’s Day.

He gives the Wookie a double high five and a does a little dance, causing his doctors to tell him (with some chuckles) that he still needs to be careful not to pull off his life support equipment.

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Then he gives his doctor a long hug.

“To see him knowing that he has a chance at life, that he has a chance to achieve so many things leaves you speechless,” Austin’s mom, Mary Anglin, told ABC 7. “He will make sure that he does remarkable things because of it.

The hospital told McClatchy that Austin is recovering from his transplant and is doing well.

Shoutout to Austin for getting that heart! Oh man, how amazing. Isn’t it wild that a 15 year old was just given an entire new lease on life because of a heart transplant? Science is incredible. It blows my mind. Imagine the feeling when Dr. Chewy came walking in. It only meant one thing. And the fact Austin let out a “HOLY BALLS!” was amazing.

And here’s another thing- Austin was trying to get Marvel to screen Avengers: Infinity War at the hospital since he and other children couldn’t see it in theaters.

But now that he got his heart he’s gonna watch the shit out of that movie

Marvel better hold a god damn parade for Austin straight into a movie theater with popcorn raining down from the ceilings.

And I think we should make a new law in this country- start showing movies at children’s hospitals. It seems like such a no brainers. I don’t see one single downside of doing this. There’s never been more of a no-brainer in the history of the world.