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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. >> it's been easier on us knowing that he was able to help three other -- three people, not just sierra. so that's helped us a lot. >> they take pictures together, this unlikely blended family. while sierra looks relatively well and isn't hospitalized, she's growing sicker by the day and doctors are running out of options. three weeks pass, and then there's news. (ha...

That was her grandson. now she has learned that nicholas's heart, beating in sierra's chest, is failing. and she and her family including nicholas's 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 nicholas's heart one last time. nicholas's big sister is overwhelmed. stacy tells the family that sierra's first reaction when she learned she'd need a new heart was guilt, that she couldn't keep nicholas's heart alive longer. >> just something that happens. b...

>> 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 we'll see you afterwards. >> and finally, the biopsy results come in. and it worked. at least for now the rejection has stopped. sierra's heart is looking good. >> that means we really can go home. is that what i'm seeing here? >> i think so. >> yeah. >> i think right now things are going well. go home, enjoy being in your home, and let's see how things go over the next couple years. if things quiet down, no pro...

Start jumping to these horrible conclusions. >> there are options to look into. but this is not the simplest thing to treat. i've always been very honest with you. >> there have been times in the past where we haven't been able to get it under control. >> sierra's 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 wasn't really preened for it. >> there's a chance that to survive, sierra will one day need a second transplant. >> the reality of it is, i...

We could, and asked, please pray for our little child tonight. 1:30 in the morning we get a phone call. i thought, that's 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 bingham's prayer's 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. sierra's new heart would grow as she did. >> i think we knew when it came, we knew everything was going to be fine. >> the binghams wondered w...