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Cat S. Caregiver

Where are the recent posts, I am scared!!

Hi, hello, good afternoon! My husband is jumping through the hoops to get qualified for the Heartmate II. We're just about done and meeting with the LVAD surgeon in just a week. I don't see many recent posts and it concerns me dearly. My husband is not a bridge to transplant due to his age (73) and it seems that many of the older posts that I have read talks about all the complications and in some instances (death) rather than the situations where the LVAD has given the recipient a quality of life and it's been beneficial. Is there anyone that can share with me something good that has resulted in the LVAD surgery? I am scared!
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Andrew F.

My Dad is having waves of hallucinations, not knowing where he is and why he is in hospital. Did anyone else see this? He got his LVAD, heart mate 3, 11 days ago. His recovery has been quite slow. Having to go back on dialysis. He has been in the hospital since the 20th of December.