Susan1 tells her family it's time to 'do a little dance' to let them know she got the call.
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And so it’s really funny, we had made a decision a long time ago my family that when I got the heart transplant, when I got the call or when I was notified I would call them and say “do a little dance.” — From the song “Get Down Tonight” by KC and the Sunshine Band. – So they bring me the phone. I say to my – I call my parents’ home and I – my dad picks up the phone and I say “do a little dance.” And he hangs up. My mother says “Who was that?” He says “I don’t know, someone said ‘do a little dance.'” And she goes “What?! That was Sue. Call her back.” And I’m killing myself laughing. They hung up on me right? So I said yeah and they had just gotten home, into bed nicely settled. And then they turned around and came back.
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