Wow!
March 18, 2004
My dad was actually on the list for the Jariv 7 when he died.
Home Is Where the Pump Is (washingtonpost.com)
He could have lived the way this guy Michael is -- in fact, Michael has a much "richer" life than dad did when he had congestive heart failure.
Dad was told not to leave the house, primarly because he was on oxygen, and the doctor's were also afraid any respiratory illness would have been the end.
He couldn't eat and take a shower in the same 4 hour increment. He was in really bad shape.
But it's nice to see that the artificial heart is getting people somewhere -- this might have gotten him far enough and well enough to have a transplant, if the technology would have been available.
I'm really glad to see this.