Family travels 3,000 miles to Phoenix for son's heart transplant “That’s the last thing you want hear. That there’s nothing else you can do except for a transplant.” Author: Josh Sanders (KPNX) Updated: 6:25 PM MST December 23, 2020 PHOENIX — Imagine traveling thousands of miles to save your child’s life. That’s what a family from Puerto Rico did after finding out their then 5-year-old son needed a heart transplant. Shortly before their son Gustavo’s 6th birthday, Jose and Diana Acevedo learned that without a heart transplant he would not survive and that even if they found a heart surgeon in Puerto Rico could not perform the surgery.