Lawrence Faucette, the second living person to receive a genetically modified pig heart in a transplant, has died six weeks after the experimental procedure. The University of Maryland Medical Center, where the experimental procedure had been performed, said the heart began to show signs of rejection in recent days.
This made me cry a little. Sounded like they thought he was “out of the woods”
“We have no expectations other than hoping for more time together,” his wife, Ann Faucette, said at the time. “That could be as simple as sitting on the front porch and having coffee together.”
In the weeks that immediately followed the transplant, his doctors reported that he was making significant progress, including participating in physical therapy and spending time with this family.
One month after his surgery, his doctors said they believed his heart function was excellent and had withdrawn any drugs to support his heart function.
This made me cry a little. Sounded like they thought he was “out of the woods”
“We have no expectations other than hoping for more time together,” his wife, Ann Faucette, said at the time. “That could be as simple as sitting on the front porch and having coffee together.”
In the weeks that immediately followed the transplant, his doctors reported that he was making significant progress, including participating in physical therapy and spending time with this family.
One month after his surgery, his doctors said they believed his heart function was excellent and had withdrawn any drugs to support his heart function.