Linda Karr, 55, of Berkeley, California, had a degenerative heart condition that left her in need of a heart transplant
Tammy Griffin, 53, of Happy Valley, Oregon, had cystic fibrosis, which was causing to struggle to breathe and needed new lungs
Doctors at Stanford University Hospital in California approached them with the chance to participate in a rare, domino procedure
Griffin would receive the heart and lungs from a deceased donor and Griffin's healthy heart would go to KarrJust six weeks after the procedure was performed, Griffin was able to meet Karr and hear her old heart beat inside her chest
Their meeting is now the subject of a new painting titled Tammy and Linda being unveiled on Friday
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