57 Days: The Wait for a New Heart Sparks a Spiritual Journey of Faith and Love is written to tell my story while facing a medical challenge like never before in life, my heart. I caught a virus, and no pacemaker or stent would give me life—only a new heart, or I wasn't going to live. I would die. How do I deal with this unimaginable news? I've never been in this place before. I no longer had control over my life. A voice took residence in my brain and said, "Tell your story."