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>> so tell us about nicholas. >> well. >> the binghams had assumed nicholas died in an accident. but now they learned the horrifying truth. nicholas was murdered by his stepfather. his organs went to sierra and two other children. >> its been easier on us knowing that he was able to help three other -- three people, not just sierra. so thats helped us a lot. >> they take pictures together, this unlikely blended family. while sierra looks relatively well and isnt hospitalized, shes growing sicker...

That was her grandson. now she has learned that nicholass heart, beating in sierras chest, is failing. and she and her family including nicholass brother and sister, want to meet sierra. they meet in a park not far from the hospital. >> this is sierra. >> hi, sierra. >> how are you? >> sierra brings a stethoscope so they can listen to nicholass heart one last time. nicholass big sister is overwhelmed. stacy tells the family that sierras first reaction when she learned shed need a new heart was g...

>> just seeing it again, seeing my real actual bed and not sharing with anyone. >> and then sierra undergoes another biopsy to see if the new treatments have worked. >> have fun. >> so well see you afterwards. >> and finally, the biopsy results come in. and it worked. at least for now the rejection has stopped. sierras heart is looking good. >> that means we really can go home. is that what im seeing here? >> i think so. >> yeah. >> i think right now things are going well. go home, enjoy being i...

Start jumping to these horrible conclusions. >> there are options to look into. but this is not the simplest thing to treat. ive always been very honest with you. >> there have been times in the past where we havent been able to get it under control. >> sierras biopsy results have shown that there are antibodies that are trying to attack her heart. they are going to try to remove the harmful antibodies from her heart. >> unbelievable. >> i was scared, i wasnt really preened for it. >> theres a c...

We could, and asked, please pray for our little child tonight. 1:30 in the morning we get a phone call. i thought, thats it. we thought that was for the worst. and the doctors called and they said, we have a heart available for sierra. i was like, are you serious? >> the binghams prayers were answered. the next afternoon, sierra received her new heart. it had belonged to a 4-year-old boy. in the world of heart transplants, size matters more than age. sierras new heart would grow as she did. >> i...

Grateful than meghan who has been apart from the rest of her family far too long. >> now that were all here and together, its like we never left. >> and sierra? >> we were whole again. that puzzle piece, all the missing puzzle pieces were together. >> theyve all changed in what they expected to be. sierra home now and no longer in survival mode is hoping to become a pediatric nurse. >> here we can actually spread out. we can make plans, set them in stone. we live here, and its just really nice t...

Transplants in the u.s. now than there have ever been. more than 600. >> we really have more or less the same number of heart donors for an increasing number of kids who need them. so i think the real success in getting more kids to survive to transplant really in many ways is getting more people to donate. sierra needs to find a good match and she needs to find it relatively soon. >> trying to keep life as normal as possible under this familys extraordinary circumstances, sierra attends prom at...

>> you did great. >> hes got a mask on and a hat. when you went into surgery. he was there with you the whole time. >> gage bounces back quickly, and just two weeks after his surgery and two months after sierras transplant the binghams get to go home. >> wow. these are pretty. >> hunter and megan have remained healthy, have no symptoms of the disease thats attacking their siblings, though it could strike later in life. lindsey, gage, and sierra are happy to see their dog axelrod, who theyve name...