Waiting for a new heart: my journey

I am 42 and have had a heart transplant. This blog chronicles my journey before, when I had a Heartmate II LVAD for 40 months, and after my transplant. My transplant took place at Cedars Sinai in Hollywood, CA on July 4, 2014.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Engineering hearts

Regenerative medicine is getting some amazing press this week:

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  • Stolen Prey - John Sanford
  • Act of War - Brad Thor
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  • Korea - Traces of a Forgotten War - James Butcher
  • My Appetite for Destruction - Steven Adler
  • The Target - David Baldacci
  • King and Maxwell - David Baldacci
  • Split Second - David Baldacci
  • The Hit - David Baldacci
  • The Winner - David Baldacci
  • No Time Left - David Baldacci
  • The Price of Politics - Bob Woodward
  • Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly
  • Killing Kennedy - Bill O'Reilly
  • Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
  • Command Authority - Tom Clancy
  • Threat Vector - Tom Clancy
  • Hidden Order - Brad Thor
  • Black List - Brad Thor
  • Full Black - Brad Thor
  • Heart for the Game: The incredible saga of Simon Keith - Simon Jeith
  • Blowback - Brad thor
  • Takedown - Brad Thor
  • The First Commandment - Brad Thor
  • The Last Patriot - Brad Thor
  • The Athena Project - Brad Thor
  • The Price of Politics - Bob Woodward
  • Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself - Dan Pink
  • State of the Union - Brad Thor
  • Path of the Assassin - Brad Thor
  • Lions of Lucerne - Brad Thor
  • The Innocents - David Baldacci
  • The Brenner Assignment - Patrick O'Donnell
  • Deeper Than The Dead - Tami Hoag
  • Locked On - Tom Clancy
  • Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson
  • New Life "Lessons in Faith and Courage from Transplant Recipients" - Bob Violino
  • American Sniper - Chris Kyle
  • Five Years to Freedom - James Rowe
  • The Real Business of IT, How CIOs create and communicate value - Richard Hunter
  • The Faculty Club - Daney Tobey
  • SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper - Howard Wasdin
  • Crashers - Dana Haynes
  • The Tizard Mission - Stephen Phelps
  • Bullpen Diaries - Charley Rosen
  • A Simple Crime - Grant Jerkins
  • Chasing Shadows - Fred Burton
  • Seal of Honor - Gary Williams
  • The Sixth Man - David Baldacci
  • True Blue - David Baldacci
  • The Bricklayer - Noah Boyd
  • Don't Blink - James Patterson
  • Foreign Influence - Brad Thor
  • Simple Genius - David Baldacci
  • The Man from Beijing - Henning Mankell
  • The Scarpetta Factor - Patricia Cornwell
  • Port Mortuary - Patricia Cornwell
  • The Grateful Heart: Diary of a Heart Transplant - Candace Moose
  • Life In Limbo: Waiting for a Heart Transplant - Lisa Nance
  • SEAL Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden - Chuck Pfarrer
  • Dying to Live: From Heart Transplant to Abundant Life - Gaea Shaw
  • The Bear and the Dragon - Tom Clancy
  • Dead or Alive - Tom Clancy
  • Against All Enemies - Tom Clancy
  • The Real Business of IT - Richard Hunter
  • Death by Meeting - Pat Lencioni
  • Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars - Pat Lencioni
  • Getting Naked - Pat Lencioni
  • Heaven is For Real - Todd Burpo
  • Stories of the Heart - Nancy Siemers
  • Faceless Killers - Henning Mankell
  • The Night Stalkers - Michael Durant
  • Zero Day - David Baldacci
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  • Heart of Iron - Kyle Garlett
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