Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua hōhonu ake te hononga i waenganui i ngā hoa whānau o mua i muri i te whiwhinga a ngā tāne e rua o Michigan i ngā okana mai i te kaiwhakawhiwhi kotahi. Ko Fred Nelis, 60 tau, no Holland, i whiwhi i tētahi ngakau hou, i te wā ko Gordon Veldman, 67 tau, no Pentwater, i whiwhi i tētahi rua hauhautanga hou. I whakahaerehia ngā mahi i te wā kotahi tonu i te hōhipera o Grand Rapids i te Pipiri o te tau kua hipa. He hoa tata a Nelis rāua ko Veldman mō te tekau tau neke atu, heoi anō ko ā rāua whakato he mea tupono noa iho. He hononga whakamiharo: Ko Gordon Veldman rāua ko Fred Nelis he hoa mō te tekau tau, engari ināianei ka whakaaro rātau ko rātau 'ngā tuakana, teina' i muri i te whiwhinga o tētahi whāngai mai i te kaiwhakawhiwhi kotahi i te marama o Hune o te tau kua hipa, nā reira i ora ai rātau. Operation whakaoranga ora: Fred Nelis, 60, i uru ki te whakawhitinga ngakau i muri i te noho ki te cardiomyopathy idiopathic mo nga tau 20 whakamutunga. I runga i te whakatikatika: I whiwhi a Gordon Veldman, 67, i te whakatipu paru ki te mawhiti i te mate iranga i whakaheke i tana kaha paru ki te 15 ōrau i te tau kua hipa. E ai ki te kaiwhakahaere hauora o te hōtaka whakatipu ngakau me te puku i Spectrum Health, koinei te whakatipu hoa tuatahi o te hōtaka e mōhio ana ia. 'He tino whakamataku,' ka mea a Dr. Michael Dickinson ki te Grand Rapids Press. 'I whakaaro matou he tino he kōrero nui i te reira i tupu. 'He mea pai ki a mātou nā te mea e whakaatu ana i te tipu o te hōtaka - nā te mea i taea e mātou te āwhina i ēnei hoa tokorua i konei i Te Hau-ā-uru o Michigan.' I mate nga tangata tokorua i nga mate roa i kino ai to raua hauora i mua i to raua whakatipu. Kua 20 tau a Nelis e mamae ana ki te cardiomyopathy idiopathic - he mate o te ngakau e haere haere ana me te take e kore e mōhiotia. I te tau 2013, ka raru ia i te puoro o te ngakau, he uaua o te ngakau, a ka whakanohoia ki te ngakau i te Maehe 2014. Ko ngā'tuakana ': Ko Godron Veldman (māui) me Fred Nelis (matau) e kī ana ināianei ka whakakotahi rātou i ō rātou ngākau me ō rātou kōpū i ia wā ka kite rātou i a rāua anō hei whakaatu i te nui o tō rātou mauruuru mō ā rāua whakatipuranga. He mate iranga a Veldman e kiia nei ko Alpha-1, e taea ai te whakangaro i ōna kōhauhau, ā, ka meinga ia...
Ko Gordan Veldman, 67, rāua ko Fred Nelis, 60, he hoa mō ngā tau neke atu i te 10. I mate a Veldman i tētahi mate iranga i whakaiti i tōna kaha ā-pū ki te 15 ōrau, ā, kua tino mate ia. I kitea a Nelis i te mate cardiomyopathy idiopathic i te 20 tau ki muri. I riro i a rāua e rua he waea i te 18 o Pipiri, 2014, i kitea ai tētahi kaiwhakawhiwhi. I whakawhiwhia rātou ki ngā whakawhitinga i te rā kotahi ki Spectrum Health i Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kua ora ake rāua e rua, ā, kua whakakotahi i ō rāua ngakau me ō rāua ngārara i ia hui.