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Sue R. left a comment for Carol Morningstar"Hello Carol,
Just wanted to drop by and say "Welcome", so happy you decided to join our group. Congratulations on your daughters heart tx...what a wonderful Christmas indeed. You will find the people here to be very kind and willing to…"
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- Recipients: In This Space, Feel Free To Write About Those You Are Grateful to for Receiving The Gift Of Life:
- Our daughter, Andrea Clegg, received her heart transplant on Dec. 21, 2010 after being on the LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) for 14 months. We were thrilled with our "best ever Christmas Gift"! Please see Andrea's blog at "stayingtruetomyheart.blogspot.com" for info. She will be on Global TV Toronto in Jan or Feb. The entire surgery was filmed by them!
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- Recipient: In This Space Please Tell The Community About Your Transpant Center, Doctors, Transplant Team, Date of Transplant and Any Other Details You'd Like to Share About Your Experience:
- The staff at Toronto General was excellent in their care of Andrea during her LVAD and heart transplant surgeries, including before and after. There are wonderful teams of knowledgeable, supportive, caring people who we felt very comfortable with, even when Andrea was so deathly ill! Thank you Toronto General!!
- Which Transplant Medication(s) Do You Take?
- Many of these questions I will let Andrea describe when she is feeling up to it!
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- Andrea has had 1 1/2 years of ups and downs since she was diagnosed with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Her defib/pacemaker (she named Ivan) was implanted Oct 2008, her LVAD (mechanical heart) (named Vito) in Oct. 2009, and just four days before Xmas 2010, she had her heart transplant!! Yeah!!! I am her proud Mom!!
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- At 2:02am on August 7, 2012,
TC AdminKaren Weddick said…
- At 2:40pm on August 7, 2011,
TC AdminKaren Weddick said…
- At 7:28pm on January 7, 2011, Sue R. said…
Hello Carol,
Just wanted to drop by and say "Welcome", so happy you decided to join our group. Congratulations on your daughters heart tx...what a wonderful Christmas indeed. You will find the people here to be very kind and willing to share their experiences as well as information they have learned on this journey. I encourage you to join a few groups (there is a heart tx as well as a caretaker group), read discussions, make comments or start a discussion of your own. Wishing you and your daughter all the best and hoping she has a quick recovery.
Sue
- At 12:47pm on January 7, 2011,
TC AdminKaren Weddick said… - Hi there Carol:
I’d like to welcome you to the Transplant Café. You are now a member of a warm, friendly, supportive, caring, understanding, sensitive and informative site. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask and I’ll be glad to help you out. So glad you are here and again welcome to the Transplant Café. Also, if you could please add a photo of yourself or something that represents you or your experience with transplantation, or a pet, etc. to your profile so we can get to know you better. It's really easy! Just click this link for the new members guide where you'll find instructions on how to add a photo.
Here’s a link that might help you get started:
www.transplantcafe.com/forum/topic/show?id=2024407:Topic:2985
Take care,
Karen
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