From Rachel's journal for July 7, 2004 on the CaringBridge site:

Today we got to see something very unusual, our child's old heart. Our transplant coordinators took us down to pathology where we got to see her little heart. It wasn't what I expected at all. I'm not quite sure what I had invisioned, but what I saw was not it! It was much larger than what we had thought it would be, and the pathologist was pretty intrigued with Anneke's heart. One thing was that her coronary artery was located between her pulmonary artery and aorta. It's a common thing they see when a healthy athlete drops dead during activity. It's a good thing she got a new heart because we probably never would have known that until it was too late. God knows what he's doing!

He also confirmed that there was absolutely no left ventricle. An odd thing to see, especially when we compared Anneke's heart to another normal heart.

It was just so weird to see what was once beating inside of her little chest. It sounds gross but I don't think I will ever look at another grilled chicken breast the same way again. The first surgery had created lesions on it, so it has a sort of burnt look. I'm glad that we were able to see it though. I think it will be neat for Anneke to see pictures and video of it later on in life.

(And a drawing of a normal heart)