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by hallole 293 days ago
That alone is insane, incredible. Hardly measures up to the ideal of leaving the hospital, good as new, but putting that aside: 18 days on a transplant, trans-species organ? I'm in awe!
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18 days is how long the first human-to-human heart transplant recipient lived post-op. The more recent first pig heart recipient made it two months.
And keep in mind people who get these organs are very very ill