Lincoln Seay, who is seven months old, received a heart donation just before the doctors and his parents started losing hope. The Alaskan infant suffered from a rare heart condition since birth and finally had the transplant he needed the most, only a few days prior to what everyone thought were left with Lincoln. The heart transplant took place at Seattle Children’s. Though the baby had a web of tubes and a big enough scar, he was in senses and kicking last week.

Lincoln suffered from a rare heart condition, known as Heterotaxy syndrome. The condition results in heart and other organs growing in the opposite part of the body. In the case of this infant, his heart was developing on the right side of his body, rather than left. Initially, the doctors from Portland’s Legacy Emanuel Medical Center considered resolving the problem through surgeries. This is how Lincoln underwent his first surgery just after 12 hours of being born.

After the surgery, Lincoln returned to Alaska with his mother, Mindy Seay, and father, Rob Seay. However, in October 2015, the baby’s heart started to fail and he had to be taken back to Portland and subsequently to Seattle Children’s, which usually performs the most complex transplants, according to the Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation at Seattle Children’s, Dr. D. Michael McMullan, who also leads the center.

Lincoln was waiting for a heart donor since November and everyone was afraid that he might not get it in time. “He was right on the edge. We have a list of patients and he was the one we were most concerned about,” said Dr. McMullan.

The parents were informed that a time period of 90 days could be required to find an organ donor for Lincoln. And he received it just on the 89th day, which saved his life.