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Girl's Heart Regenerates With Artificial Assist

Posted by kdawson on from the all-heart dept.

Socguy writes with news about a 15-year-old girl who has become the first Canadian to have an artificial heart removed after her own heart healed itself. "Doctors at the Stollery Children's hospital implanted the Berlin Heart, a portable mechanical device that keeps blood pumping in an ailing heart, so she could survive until a transplant became available. But over the next few months, Melissa's overall condition improved dramatically, and her heart muscle regained much of its strength. After 146 days on the Berlin Heart, Melissa underwent surgery to have the device removed."

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  1. A Proven Medical Technique by Nymz · · Score: -1, Troll
    The Waiting List: choose the option that's right for you.
    • Wait and wait, until you die
    • Cross the border to an American hospital
    • Simply grow back your own heart at a faster pace than the Waiting List line
  2. Re:On the same note... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. Re:I wish they had given my Rachel one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Crash and burn.. no sympathy for you... nor for your beloved Rachel... (did you know that all Rachels burn in hell?)

  4. Re:I wish they had given my Rachel one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  5. Re:I wish they had given my Rachel one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What great spirit!

  6. Inquiring minds want to know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do you think she'd take it in the butt?

  7. Re:I wish they had given my Rachel one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No one cares.

    And she was going to dump you anyway.

  8. Re:I wish they had given my Rachel one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = Total Fuckwad"

    Except in your case you don't bother with anonymity.

    Otherwise your math is spot on.