CORPUS CHRISTI — Eleven months after he died, Tony Balboa's lung is breathing strong.
On Saturday, his mother used his stethoscope to listen to the 23-year-old organ, now inside a 69-year-old man.
Patty Balboa pressed the instrument against Jerry Duke's back and listened to the sound, like a steady wind blowing across a microphone.
"We're so happy that when Mr. Duke breathes, my son is breathing," Patty said.
A promising medical school hopeful, Tony Balboa died after a hit-and-run driver struck his bicycle May 25 on a rural Farm-to-Market road outside Alice. He was an outspoken advocate for organ donation, having seen so many failing livers, hearts and kidneys while making rounds with a mentor at a hospital, the stethoscope draped over his neck.
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