Fourteen years ago today, Dr. Cusimano performed my dad's heart transplant surgery at Toronto General Hospital....we think his transplant was a bit of an experiment. At the time, the cut-off to receive a heart was 65 years old. My dad was 68 years old. A donor heart couldn't be over the age of 40 and my Dad's donor heart was 50 years old. If indeed he was an experiment, it worked!
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Leaving Toronto General Hospital post-transplant with his brother, Dennis, wife [my mom], Mary,
and sisters, Mary and Rita. The large bag on his lap are his meds.... |
In the last fourteen years my dad has seen his children graduate university, marry, experienced the new lives of four gorgeous grandchildren, fourteen birthdays [and re-birthdays], Christmas', Thanksgivings, many trips to South Carolina together, summers with the pool, and so many other wonderful memories and milestones....
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| Dad with the classic [puffy] Prednisone face. This was taken in 1997 post-transplant in Etobicoke. |
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| Dad [affectionally known as Nannan by my kids] last weekend with his four grandchildren. |
We are eternally grateful for the generous gift of life given to him by his donor family and the amazing care from the transplant team at Toronto General Hospital and the impact it has had on our family. Today, we celebrated his re-birthday miracle with family and cupcakes :D
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| Happy Transplanniversary...fourteen years to the day :D |
2 comments:
14 years is a great inspration and I will challenge my dad to another 10 at leaswt. I on the other hand have at least 40 more yerars to go.
Michael
thx for the comment michael! it certainly is inspiring! you're an inspiration to others too!
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