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1) Sick girl
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In a thought-provoking memoir, a young law student recounts her harrowing battle with heart disease, from the initial misdiagnosis to the heart transplant that saved her life and ongoing recovery, offering a patient's perspective on the process and medical system and her efforts to build a new life.
4) Iron Heart
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At age 38, Elmar Sprink's heart stopped suddenly. He was resuscitated, and after a period in ICU, he received a life-saving heart transplant. Typically, a transplanted heart will beat for around 10 years, butSprink is making every effort to extend this. He has trained hard, and competed in an Ironman competition a mere year after the surgery. Remarkably, new nerve cells are growing around the foreign organ - a phenomenon that has never been observed...
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Emily Wallace, an attractive thirty-two-year-old assistant prosecutor and heart-transplant recipient, is given a plum assignment--the murder trial of theatrical agent Gregg Aldrich, accused of murdering his wife. During the trial, Emily experiences sentiments that defy all reason and continue after Gregg Aldrich's fate is decided by the jury. In the meantime, she does not realize that her own life is now at risk.
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Technological innovations have made heart failure treatments increasingly successful. Learn about advancements taking the place of heart transplants in some patients. Understanding what to expect of the surgery itself, potential risks, and follow-up care are critical to long term stability.
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This "is the story of Eric Fair, a kid who grew up in the shadows of crumbling Bethlehem Steel plants nurturing a strong faith and a belief that he was called to serve his country. It is a story of a man who chases his own demons from Egypt, where he served as an Army translator, to a detention center in Iraq, to seminary at Princeton, and eventually, to a heart transplant ward at the University of Pennsylvania"--Amazon.com.
Eric Fair grew up in...
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As a teenager, Molly Case underwent an operation that saved her life. Nearly a decade later, she finds herself in the operating room again--this time as a trainee nurse. She learns to care for her patients, sharing not only their pain, but also life-affirming moments of hope. In doing so, she offers a compelling account of the processes that keep them alive, from respiratory examinations to surgical prep. But when Molly's father is admitted to the...
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