THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: The heart of the matter — The story of Dan Christ's heart transplant, and the Coeur d'Alene man's message of hope to others
Courtesy photo Surrounded by family and others, including a hug from wife Nicole, Dan Christ of Coeur d'Alene gets ready to leave Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane in March 2023, after receiving a heart transplant.
Photo by BUSCEMA PHOTOGRAPHY The Christ family, in August 2023, from left: Nolan, Claire, Nicole, Dan and Olivia.
Courtesy photo Dan Christ, surrounded by family, friends and medical personnel, prepares to leave Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane in March 2023, after receiving a heart transplant.
Courtesy photo Dan Christ's home away from home for some 200 days, as he awaited a heart transplant — a room on the sixth floor at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.
May 5 was an otherwise dreary day in the Inland Northwest.
It was cold and rainy, but Dan and his wife Nicole Christ of Coeur d’Alene were participating in Bloomsday for the first time.
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