Pig heart transplanted into a human

Jeni said:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/once-stabbed-man-seven-times-155320516.html

"The man being heralded as a medical pioneer, David Bennett Sr., was the same man who'd been convicted in 1988 of stabbing her younger brother seven times, leaving him paralyzed. "

"His son, David Bennett Jr., who works as a physical therapist in North Carolina, also said several hospitals had declined to accept his father onto the waiting list because he had failed in the past to follow doctors' orders and attend follow-up visits. He also didn't take his medication consistently."

Maybe that is why the story went cold
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Interesting... I have mixed feelings on this one. Not sure I would want decisions as to who gets transplants to be based on some moral evaluation of the recipient, on the other hand having a record of not following doctors orders would be a problem...
 

dobielvr said:
I have a pig valve. I chose it over a mechanical valve
The doctors said it would last 10 yrs, it's lasted 14 so far.

Funny story: when I got home after heart surgery, all I ate was bacon..lol.
Morning noon and night! 🐖🐖🐖
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I was going.to say, they've been transplanting pig valves into humans for decades. My Dad got one in 1993. So seems like a logical next step.

And there are many biological similarities, there is a reason why some forensic tests can be done on pig corpses to figure out what was done to a human.
 
Alligatorob said:
Interesting... I have mixed feelings on this one. Not sure I would want decisions as to who gets transplants to be based on some moral evaluation of the recipient, on the other hand having a record of not following doctors orders would be a problem...
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I think that is a bigger issue for doctors they do not want to use scarce organs on those who will not appreciate the Gift and take care of it.
 

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