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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http://Vegaslvad.blogspot.com
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Books I have read since I first went into the hospital last March

Stolen Prey - John Sanford
Act of War - Brad Thor
Annapurna - Maurice Herzog
Agent of Influence - Russele Hamilton
The Captain, The Journey of Derek Jeter - Ian O'Connor
THe Mailman Went UA, a Vietnam Memoir - David Mulldune
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
Saving Faith - David Baldacci
Heart of Iron - Kyle Garlett

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