CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A heart donor has been found for the 8-year-old son of Greg Olsen, the retired Carolina Panthers tight end announced on social media Friday.
The news of a donor comes eight days after Olsen's son, TJ, was placed on the transplant list.
"Today is a day of mixed emotions," Olsen wrote on Instagram. "A day we have prayed for has arrived. We were alerted last night that there was a donor match for TJ to receive his heart transplant.
"Walking our little boy, with tears of hope and fear in our eyes, was one of the toughest moments of our lives.