Teen LIVES Nearly Four Months WITHOUT A Heart !!!
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Teen LIVES Nearly Four Months WITHOUT A Heart !!!
by J The Kidd Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:24 pm
The advances of technology in present day are like science fiction sometimes, or even miracles. D'Zhana Simmons, a teen from South Carolina, survived for nearly four months (118 days) without a heart. Yes, you read right.
The 14-year-old was kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device -- that to pumped and cleansed blood -- while she awaited a heart transplant.
According to Reuters, doctors in Miami said that they believed this was the first time a child survived under the circumstances for this long. There was a similar case in Germany where an adult was kept alive for nine months without a heart, though.
Simmons called the experience "scary."
"You never knew when it would malfunction," she said at a news conference at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center.
"It was like I was a fake person, like I didn't really exist. I was just here," she added.
The teen suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the patient's heart becomes weakened and enlarged and does not pump blood efficiently, said reports.
She had a heart transplant back in July at Miami's Holtz Children's Hospital, but the new heart failed to function properly and was quickly removed.
A second transplant on October 29 was successful.
"I truly believe it's a miracle. I give my thanks to my buddies. I love the transplant team," said D'Zhana's mother, Twolla Anderson.
Dr. Marco Ricci, the hospital's director of pediatric cardiac surgery, said that although her prognosis was good, doctors warn that there is a 50 percent chance that a heart transplant patient will need a new heart 12 or 13 years after the first surgery.
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Re: Teen LIVES Nearly Four Months WITHOUT A Heart !!!
by Ko0L Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:06 am
i dont know why but when i read this all i could think about is heartless by kanye west
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Re: Teen LIVES Nearly Four Months WITHOUT A Heart !!!
by Ambition Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:04 am
she had god on her side...for 4 months
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Re: Teen LIVES Nearly Four Months WITHOUT A Heart !!!
by Johnnie Butters Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:21 pm
Destroyerbf wrote:she had god on her side...for 4 months
God dont exist.... she just lucky... lol
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Re: Teen LIVES Nearly Four Months WITHOUT A Heart !!!
by yaboyja23 Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:26 pm
DJ UnReaL wrote:Destroyerbf wrote:she had god on her side...for 4 months
God dont exist.... she just lucky... lol
UnReaL bout to get hit by lightning...
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Re: Teen LIVES Nearly Four Months WITHOUT A Heart !!!
by yaboyja23 Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:29 pm
damn she from south carolina too...
she has alot to be thankful for though.
she has alot to be thankful for though.
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Re: Teen LIVES Nearly Four Months WITHOUT A Heart !!!
by Ko0L Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:09 pm
TREND$ETTER wrote:huh?
she was heartless for four months......
"how could you be so heartless" - kanye west
"how did she be so heartless for four months and still survive" - me
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