NFT Patient to Receive LVAD in July

NFT Patient, Lorna Jarms, needs a heart transplant to survive. After coming down with what she thought was a cold in 1998, she was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. Although medications treated her illness for many years, thetreatment has recently become ineffective, and she must undergo a heart transplant.

While waiting on her transplant, she will rely on the assistance of a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), which will act as a mechanical pump for her heart.

Read this article from the Cheney Free Press in Washington about Lorna and her experience waiting for this lifesaving procedure.

November Transplants for NFT Patients

Each month we would like to recognize our patients who received their lifesaving transplants. In November, the following patients received transplants:

• Kendall "Pup" Chadwick (liver) at Integris Baptist Medical Center


• Shirley Craig (heart/lung) at Methodist Transplant Center


• Roseina Hester (double lung) at University of Washington Medical Center


• Reginald Lemaster (bone marrow) at Northside Hospital


• Jay Menhennet (kidney) at Cleveland Clinic


• Michael Miller (kidney/pancreas) at Mayo Clinic in Florida
  
• Brad Stauffer (bone marrow) at MD Anderson Cancer Center

We wish all of our patients the best and hope they continue to do well on the road to recovery!