"The Tin Man is Happy"

... because he's living without a heart:

Carter was diagnosed with a disease called amyloidosis two months ago, a condition that damages the heart through protein build-up.

“It just sort of fractured as we cut across it,” said Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Surgeon Dr. Lyle Joyce. “It was just crunchy.”

As a result, neither ventricle could pump blood. Joyce performed the operation, first taking out Carter’s real heart. For a man without a heart, Carter shows a lot of heart.

-Wes