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For this patient from Texas, heart surgery in Gainesville was the perfect fit

Alan, front, and Karen Threlkeld talk about the procedure that extended Alan's life on Wednesday, July 31, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. - photo by Nick Bowman

08012019 HEART 3.jpg — Alan, front, and Karen Threlkeld talk about the procedure that extended Alan's life on Wednesday, July 31, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. - photo by Nick Bowman

For Alan and Karen Threlkeld, the drive from their home in San Angelo, Texas, to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville was “1,100 miles of worry.”