754400login-check‘Grateful to be alive:’ Man continues to heal one month after pig heart transplant |
By Eric Lagatta
As he works hard to recover, Lawrence Faucette maintains his dream of soon returning home one month after he became the second person to receive the transplanted heart of a pig.
Though highly-experimental, the procedure was seemingly the 58-year-old man’s last hope to extend his life after health problems made him ineligible for a traditional heart transplant. But so far, his doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine say Faucette’s new heart is functioning well and showing no signs of rejection. Read the full story in USA Today.
754400login-check‘Grateful to be alive:’ Man continues to heal one month after pig heart transplant |