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"What is the quality of your "match"?"
Transplants | Last Active: Sep 10, 2022 | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
Hi @estrada53 😊
Wow, I am impressed with your doctor notes! Thank you so much for sharing the level of detail provided.
My doctor notes do not include any of the crossmatch, PRA, HLA, etc. I don't know if the difference of information provided is because I am a kidney transplant and you are a heart transplant, or because it's a different Mayo location or something else.
I was told verbally that I had "one match out of six". Did your doctor mention the number of matches or the quality of match?
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Hi @hello1234
They told me (both my nurse coordinator and my surgeon) that this heart was a great match for me. I didn't ask about the # of matches.
I went through a dry run nearly a month before I received this heart. I was prepped, in the OR, sedated, intubated and woke up in the ICU with no new heart. The doctors didn't think it was the right heart for me. Even though it 'passed' all the external and internal testing, they felt it was too sluggish for me. A month later I received the amazing heart I have now. I credit my doctors for knowing me, physically and otherwise, in making that decision.
Take care, Ellen