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COVID-19 and Transplant Patients
Transplants | Last Active: Mar 6, 2021 | Replies (459)Comment receiving replies
Hi @brenwhite, I'd like to add my welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Health care providers and families are making very difficult choices. You must be so grateful that the decision was made for the heart transplant for your son. Allow me to introduce you to fellow heart transplant recipients and caregivers, like @danab @estrada53 @gbcapecod @glinda @lupedelarosa12, @fatherscaregiver, @amynewheart, @eileenheart and @linda59.
In addition to @joyces thoughts about life after transplant, you may enjoy reading these tips from fellow transplant recipients.
- Living Life after your Transplant https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/living-life-after-your-transplant/
Are you able to video chat with your son in ICU or only his team?
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Hello @colleenyoung, I have been able to chat with him in ICU. I had given a brief clearance to visit him when he was experiencing some delirium coming off his vent (to calm him) and I set up his notebook to be able to chat with me when he came out of his haze. He was just released from ICU to the cardiac floor and doing pretty well. Thank you for the introductions and for the tips link posted. His name is Brendan and my name is Brenda. I set up this for him in 2017 just prior to his LVAD surgery.. he hasn't used it much.