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Two mothers, one heart: A shared journey for heart transplant recipients

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Friendship forms between two strangers who received lifesaving transplants within days of each other.

By Sean Gorman
Mary Small and Janell Hull didn’t know one other before they were each brought to the hospital late last year for a heart transplant.
 
But they already had so much in common by the time they arrived at VCU Health Pauley Heart Center’s intensive care unit. Both had endured years-long battles with declining heart health while taking their own paths to the same destination of a lifesaving transplant from the team at Hume-Lee Transplant Center. Read the full story from VCUHealth News Center.

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Heart transplant patient rings ‘transplant bell’ for first time at Ascension Seton

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Project Bell was created to help donate “new beginning” bells to cancer centers after patients complete their treatment.

AUSTIN, Texas — A heart transplant patient at Ascension Seton is getting to ring the “transplant bell” for the first time. 

Ascension Seton is expanding the hospital’s capacity to handle complex heart care capabilities to include care like heart transplants. As a way to celebrate the expansion, the hospital has installed a “Heart Transplant Bell” at the Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin, and heart transplant patient Raul Rangel, 39, has the honor of ringing the bell for the first time. Check out this story in KVUE.

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Arizona man who received first ‘heart in a box’ transplant celebrates 50th wedding anniversary

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LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) – A man from Lake Havasu City was saved by breakthrough technology used for the first time in Arizona, a ‘heart in a box.’ We first told you about the procedure in December. The ‘heart in a box’ is a game changer for transplants since it doesn’t rely on the donor to be ‘brain dead’ to recover the organ. The recipient Jeff Robinson said he feels like a new man after receiving the new heart. “I feel blessed to have the second chance,” said Robinson. “I’m able to walk farther.” Read or watch the story in Arizona’s Family here.

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Renowned cardiologist honored for medical contributions in heart transplantation

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Internationally recognized cardiologist in heart transplantation Jon Kobashigawa, MD, director of Advanced Heart Disease and the Heart Transplant Program in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, and chief medical officer of the California Heart Center Foundation, an affiliate of Cedars-Sinai, has been selected to receive the highly coveted 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT). Read more in Science X.

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From Fitness to Failure – And Back

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As a twentysomething fitness instructor, it was admittedly a little disconcerting for Kristy Sidlar when she passed out in front of a class she was teaching back in 1996. She initially chalked it up to not having eaten enough, but she was soon diagnosed with an arrhythmia, given some medication and told not to exercise so much. “That is the kiss of death – to tell that to someone who loves to exercise,” says Sidlar, who is now 54. Read the full story on CareDx.com.

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