Pig Heart Transplant

When I was in the hospital for my transplant I was in there w another guy awaiting his second one. He was the same age as me. The first transplant he had lasted about 8 years and began failing him. I forget the exact situation w the heart, but he knew it was defective to an extent when he got it. Sometimes patients are faced w tough choices of accepting a defective (but still capable) heart from someone w a serious disease, or die waiting for the next match. I guess this was him 8 years prior. Anyways, he got his heart a couple weeks before me. We rehabbed together. I wonder how he’s doing now w his third heart.

Wait a cotton picking minute!


You've had a heart transplant?


Why?


And how old were you when you got this transplant?


How old are you now?


 
My sugar sins are mostly in my past. BBQ sauce and chili get a little brown sugar but not into sweets at all.
 
My ex mother-in-law has been living with 2 pig valves in her heart for at least 10 years. She's 90 now.

My mother, now deceased, had converted to the Nation of Islam. When it came time for a valve replacement, she insisted on a horse valve instead of pig. She lived for another 12 years and passed at 91.
 
My mother, now deceased, had converted to the Nation of Islam. When it came time for a valve replacement, she insisted on a horse valve instead of pig. She lived for another 12 years and passed at 91.
The apple didn't fall very far from the tree... Just sayin.
 
I was raised Catholic and was a confirmed Catholic. I'm not too religious and I identify as an "unaffiliated montheist".
I was raised Methodist but converted to Catholicism.
 
Sounds like the new ticker works for boners. You got a good one.

My ejection fracture was at 15% at the time of my transplant. Basically a dead heart. The ejection fracture of a normal heart is 50-70%. I noticed a major difference in blow flow immediately.
 
My ejection fracture was at 15% at the time of my transplant. Basically a dead heart. The ejection fracture of a normal heart is 50-70%. I noticed a major difference in blow flow immediately.
Ejection fracture(evac rate) after 2nd attack is in low 20s. It was the widow maker. Gained 3% during rehab. Too late to look for a donor.
 
just saw on Linked In that the surgeon who performed this graduated from my alma mater
 
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