Bad news on Olsen's son

[PantherPhann89]

My Prayers go out to the Olsen's family...

[ladypanther]

I did not realize that the repair to TJ's heart would give him such a short time. What a weird irony....the man he was named after had a life saving heart transplant a few years ago.  I sure hope the same for TJ.

What a horrible thing for that family to have to go through. 

[KatsAzz]

Heart felt prayers are extended to the Olsen family.

[Asurfaholic]

2 hours ago, KatsAzz said:

Heart felt prayers are extended to the Olsen family.

I’d give my own heart for a kid to have a chance at life.. Prayers for the Olsen family 

[ickmule]

Wow, so sad. 

[Basbear]

Good news everyone. 

 

FDA who normally is years behind, proved this recently

https://www.vcuhealth.org/news/vcu-health-leads-clinical-trial-of-advanced-artificial-heart

 

There are other take home hearts as well, many are in the states. 

[gofightwin]

My dad got a heart transplant 23 years ago and still going strong at 74 years old.  He is a bit of an outlier on length of success but here's hoping for a long long life with their son.  A transplant will be scary situation for sure but the advances in transplant success are great.  Now if they could come up with a better solution than countless anti-rejection drugs they have to take for the rest of their life...

[Mr. Scot]

Little fella I used to coach wasn't much older than TJ when he had to have a kidney transplant. His mom wound up being the donor.

Heart transplant for a child that young sounds daunting.