- I can't believe it's already been two years
since we met Tayt.
He's a young boy born with only half a heart.
Take a look.
Hi, Tayt, it's your girlfriend, Ellen.
Hi, Tayt.
I'll tell you something, Tayt.
You're my only boyfriend.
- I love you.
- I love you too, Tayt.
- [singing] I...
I did it all
- Come sit with me.
[cheers and applause]
- [singing] I did it all
I owned every second that this world could give
- Now "Finding Dory" comes out June 17, 2016.
- What?
- And you need to get better,
because you're gonna be my VIP guest
at that premiere.
Okay? - Yeah!
Thank you so much, Ellen!
- Oh, you're welcome, Tayt.
I love you.
Please welcome back my boyfriend, Tayt Andersen,
and his mom, Chrissy.
[cheers and applause]
- [singing] Oh...
I...
I did it all
- Hi, Tayt. Where'd you go?
- Hi, Ellen. - Hi, Tayt!
So you're wearing-- Tell everybody what this is.
You're wearing a backpack. What's in there?
- My meds.
- Your meds.
Your meds, right? What's he got?
- What does your meds do?
- Pumps my heart.
- They pump his heart.
- Oh, well, that's important.
That's really good you have your meds on.
How are--oh.
How are you feeling, Tayt?
- I'm feeling better.
- Yeah? You're feeling better?
- Yeah.
- I'm glad. I'm glad you're here.
How is he feeling? How's he doing?
- Um, Tayt is-- Tayt's Tayt.
He's doing great.
I mean, he's struggling,
but he's just so positive,
and he keeps going.
And he'll tell you, he just-- he keeps swimming.
And that's what we do.
- You just keep swimming?
- Yeah.
- You just keep swimming.
[cheers and applause]
I'll tell you what's amazing,
is that now-- this is really good news.
He is at the top of the heart transplant list.
Right?
Number one.
[cheers and applause]
You're number one on the list.
- Yeah! - Yay!
[cheers and applause]
I mean, we've been waiting to hear that for a long time.
- Yeah, yeah.
We are number one, meaning the next--
We have a pager that's with us.
We have a phone call.
I mean, the moment we get it, we're going.
The right size and the right age of Tayt's donor,
and it's Tayter's.
There's no waiting. We're going.
- That's right.
That's why I'm surprised that you could even be here.
Did the doctors-- Is that okay?
- Yeah, with a lot of persuasion from Tayt and--
and us.
I mean, they--
they have noticed that when Tayt struggles,
you have always seemed to, like, come in
and give him the boost that he needs
to keep going.
And so they told us that where he was struggling so much,
they really felt that this would just give him
the boost that he needed to keep going.
Because once transplant happens, I mean, it's--
it's a long haul from here, and he--
They felt that his quality of life would be so much better.
And, I mean, how do we thank you
for giving him that to keep swimming?
Like, that's something that, as a mom, like,
I can never thank you enough for,
because he keeps going through everything.
And it's you.
You're with him every day through everything.
- Well, listen, um--
[cheers and applause]
You're just working the crowd, aren't you?
You just--
I thought I was your only girlfriend.
What's happening? Well, it's--
- Guess what, Ellen. - What?
- I get a new heart.
- You're gonna get a new heart.
That's what I'm saying.
[cheers and applause]
Let me tell you something right now.
There aren't too many people I've met
that have a heart as good as yours
that you have right now.
You have an amazing heart.
You're an amazing guy.
But if you wanna get another heart, that's okay with me.
[laughter]
So here's what I wanna do.
You gotta have this backpack with you.
I want you to have a different backpack
to carry around, okay?
So I got you a customized--
- Yay!
- What? No way, Ellen!
- Yeah, like that.
Okay. - Yay!
- You can swipe it too.
All right-- - That's awesome!
- So I'm gonna give you--
There's gonna be an iPad,
'cause last time I gave you an iPad
with a bunch of clips from season--
- That's mine?
- That's your--yes.
And look what else.
This is season 12 clips.
And then you have "Finding Nemo" on there to watch.
- Yay!
- And then we're gonna go-- When "Finding Dory" comes out,
you're my date for "Finding Dory."
- Yay! - That comes out in a year.
Okay?
And--and our friends at Shutterfly
have loved helping your family the past two years,
and they wanna continue to support you
with this check for $10,000.
[cheers and applause] Okay?
And now you have that.
[cheers and applause]
- Are you serious, Ellen?
- Isn't that amazing?
We'll be right back.
[cheers and applause]
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