Today marks the one month anniversary of Michael's heart transplant. It was the 12:30 a.m. on October 27th that Michael was wheeled to the OR. The heart arrived at 1 a.m. & surgery lasted until approximately 6:30 a.m.
The above photo was taken just after Dr. Cusimano told Michael that the matching donor heart was good & had him sign off on the surgery paperwork. Dr. Cusimano is the same surgeon who performed my dad's hearth reduction and heart transplant in May, 1997. He is a phenomenally skilled doctor with impeccable and very caring bedside manner. He was very patient with all of our family's questions & really took time to explain things thoroughly.
Yesterday, Michael received the results of his fourth biopsy. It came back with zero rejection and his prednisone to was reduced again to 15 mls, once a day [his third biopsy had mild rejection & his meds remained the same]. Michael also has some fluid around his heart, likely due to the fact that his new heart fills a smaller space than his original. His ejection fraction was recorded at 60% [normal].
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