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Annual Heart Transplant Check-Up Pt. 1

February 24, 2021 by Jen
Annual Heart Transplant Check-Up- Gown and Cap for Biopsy

Keeping up with my doctor appointments is vital to maintaining my help post-transplant. In this first post of two, I share what goes into my annual heart transplant check-ups.

Categories Heart Transplant, Post-Transplant Life Tags annual, biopsy, check-up, heart, heart transplant, post-transplant, right heart cath 1,689 Comments

I Will Never Meet Him But I Will Hold His Heart

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 by Jen
I will never meet him but I will hold his heart - blog banner

After my heart transplant, we were told to wait around a year before trying to contact the donor family. During that year, I thought about my donor often. Where were they from? How old were they? What led to them becoming an organ donor?

Categories Heart Transplant, Post-Transplant Life Tags donate life, donor, donor family, heart, heart transplant, meeting donor family, post-transplant 8,014 Comments

Post-Transplant Life – The Highs & Lows of My First Year

March 24, 2020October 17, 2019 by Jen
Post-Transplant Life - The Highs & Lows of My First Year

Recapping my first year post-transplant following my heart transplant due to peripartum cardiomyopathy.

Categories Heart Transplant, Post-Transplant Life Tags heart, heart transplant, life, organ donation, organ transplant, post-transplant 571 Comments

Did I Mention That I Lived?

July 23, 2019March 18, 2019 by Jen

**Warning – Post Contains Graphic Images**

After my heart recovered, it was time to start moving and get well enough to go home.

Categories Heart Transplant Tags heart, heart failure, heart transplant, organ donation, organ transplant, post-transplant 11,730 Comments
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