Heart Transplant Survivor Has Best Day Ever As Traveling Fan For Carolina, Meeting Panthers Legend
Heart Transplant Survivor Has Best Day Ever As Traveling Fan For Carolina, Meeting Panthers Legend
Heart Transplant Survivor Has Best Day Ever As Traveling Fan For Carolina, Meeting Panthers Legend credit – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital via Instagram From a chilly Green Bay comes a heart-melting story via Charlotte, where a heart transplant survivor had the day of his life as a traveling fan for his beloved Carolina Panthers. Bryson Shupe was born with a congenital heart defect, and 8 years ago, required open-heart surgery to survive. At Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital, he lay in the pre-transplant ward next to another boy named TJ Olsen. TJ is the son of a famous retired tight end for the Panthers, Greg Olsen, and while the sportscaster was visiting his son, he created a lasting friendship with young Bryson as well. It birthed a deep love of Panthers football, and a bond that wasn’t to be forgotten. Bryson successfully underwent and recovered from the surgery, and 8 years later, had the incredible opportunity to travel to Green Bay to watch his Panthers as they engi…