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In reply to the discussion: Dying Teen Is Being Denied A Heart Transplant Because He’s Had Trouble With The Law [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)72. Absolutely it is
and you need to have help. It's not something you can do by yourself, either. I lived with a heart transplant patient, my uncle. He moved in with us afterwards because he simply couldn't do it by himself. He had some great years after the transplant, but it required a lot of medication and a fairly strict regimen.
This isn't simply getting a replacement and going on as normal by a LONG shot.
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Dying Teen Is Being Denied A Heart Transplant Because He’s Had Trouble With The Law [View all]
Tx4obama
Aug 2013
OP
The local news seemed to focus more on his willingness to take his medicine correctly...
Phentex
Aug 2013
#50
If they told you that they would take you off the list because you talked back to your boss, or
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#21
I have to point out that I have been prepping for the transplant or close to 10 years...
WCGreen
Aug 2013
#34
Nobody said it was always about race. But I bet it's a lot more than most white people want to admit
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#37
How in the world did you miss that this is being discussed as a racial issue...
WCGreen
Aug 2013
#116
Don't see where I missed anything. But it sounds like you are doing well. Good luck!! n/t
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#117
If he doesn't take his meds, his transplanted heart will get rejected and he will die.
LisaL
Aug 2013
#227
My sister is 18 months into a full recovery from a double kidney/liver transplant
riderinthestorm
Aug 2013
#127
Of course I understand the concept of medical compliance and I understand its importance.
enough
Aug 2013
#206
compliance within medicine refers to whether or not a patient is likely to take their medicine,
magical thyme
Aug 2013
#191
So who get's to weigh which life meets "worthy of saving" status? Disgraceful... n/t
1awake
Aug 2013
#3
I'm grateful it's not me, but someone has to. There's nothing disgraceful about it at all.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#44
What you have here is a new low in America's health care. No evidence he would take his meds.
Jefferson23
Aug 2013
#4
I appreciate reading what he posted, thank you. My concern for this young teen and many others
Jefferson23
Aug 2013
#222
Just FYI: In most other countries usually only the very rich get transplanted-it's a corrupt system!
hue
Aug 2013
#154
Perhaps you should actually talk to me before presuming what is in my head. n/t
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#175
Glad you asked, yet you still take the self-righteous tack that it's ok for YOU to make an
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#195
FACT: If he gets the heart, some other young person doesn't get the heart.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#180
The parents, NOT the hospital, said that poor schoolwork was the reason for non-complience.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#220
Even if yours went to Cheney, that means another went to someone else.
RedCappedBandit
Aug 2013
#219
This sounds fishy. Aren't juvenile records sealed? How would the hospital know his grades?
dkf
Aug 2013
#41
I understand they would be concerned about his ability to follow medical instructions.
dkf
Aug 2013
#77
But aren't the parents complaining its NOT due to his history of compliance but his grades...
dkf
Aug 2013
#88
I agree that a person who has a poor prognosis because they don't have the habits needed to upkeep
dkf
Aug 2013
#94
If he gets a heart, some other young person won't get the heart and will die.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#183
Because I care more about someone actually surviving than an emotional knee-jerk...
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#201
Everyone so glibly condemning the hospital should talk to whoever does end up getting the next heart
Recursion
Aug 2013
#48
It's great that you care, and I'm sure your patients are fortunate to have you as a nurse.
AndyA
Aug 2013
#242
Actually you do not know what I do. Here is hoping the donors get their moneys worth.
gordianot
Aug 2013
#215
Well, on the racists' bright side, they have one less Black kid to worry about nt
MrScorpio
Aug 2013
#62
We can only get information from the family because of HIPAA. The hospital can't explain things.(m)
nessa
Aug 2013
#85
A 50% chance of his life is worth less than a 75% chance of someone else's (warning: numbers made up
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#145
injecting race into a problem when race was not an issue is disgusting...
ProdigalJunkMail
Aug 2013
#178
If he gets a heart, some other young person won't get the heart and will die.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2013
#184
It's not a question of how much they value his life. It's a question of how much *he* values it.
magical thyme
Aug 2013
#198
And of course the fact that he is black, in GA, has noooothing to do with it.
kestrel91316
Aug 2013
#92
??? I DO understand. I understand that black males are always assumed to be criminals
kestrel91316
Aug 2013
#150
I can pretty much guarantee you that a white male of the same age would never have his school record
kestrel91316
Aug 2013
#152
And I can pretty much guarantee you that that didn't happen to this boy either.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#156
"Arizona killing patients who need transplants just because they're on Medicaid"
Aerows
Aug 2013
#113
Wha? In case you didn't know, Arizona is denying transplants to people on Medicaid...
Jasana
Aug 2013
#234
I doubt if there's a correlastion in "compliance" between getting good school grades and dying.
WinkyDink
Aug 2013
#135
there is a correlation between adhering to a strict regimen and surviving, or not adhering and
magical thyme
Aug 2013
#202