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- bebop717, on 10/12/2007, -4/+133Meh nothing big, I know people that go their whole lives without a heart.
- aphonik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+110We can rebuild him. We have the technology
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+72I know people that have neither
- wingnut21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+68Photo of patient:
http://img136.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=41714_patient_122_534lo.jpg - InsaneMachine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+68@bebop717
Surely you must mean a brain. - jdkelley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+40I wish him well. 48 days is remarkably well.
- carguy84, on 10/12/2007, -5/+41Pfft, my ex-girlfriend went 28 months with no heart...
- Maniaca, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Tonight's homework: punctuation.
- Harbinger67, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19This is pretty amazing. I have a friend whose aunt had the same thing, but sadly it did not end as well as it did for this man :(
- slundal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16That was a very heartless joke.
- MikeKnoop, on 10/12/2007, -10/+25@InsaneMachine
I am serious, and don't call me shirley.
-Mike - addisonj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Hmm... well if you are willing to give yours up... i know a guy, split the profit 50/50?
- tofagerl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13That is truly amazing. Makes me wonder how long it will take before we can make "animatronic" hearts. Since he has been kept alive by machines, it must at some point be possible to make those machines small enough to be put inside a chest, replacing a human heart.
- Schug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Sorry, 'bout the bad grammar. "If I only had a brain."
- bashar129, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Wait until he gets the bill, he'll have a heart attack.
- ledmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9There has been Total Artificial Hearts for many years. Its a little more complicated then making a machine smaller. Often they run into problems with coagulation.
- catterton, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14this just in: Dick Cheney spends 65 years without a heart.
- Schug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8So what? The tin man's been did it for years.
- burkay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Every human is equal. Some humans are more equal.
- Chrysalid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart-lung_machines
Wikipedia knows :) It's called Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB). Cool stuff. - pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9whatever dude, he has a heart. it's just made of dark matter.
- surian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@wingnut21
Thanks... that gave me a much needed laugh ;) - mancat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Journalism rule #5: The most interesting stories or articles shall never be accompanied by a photo. Conversely, an article about a kitten stuck in a tree, for example, shall always be accompanied by a photo (or two).
- wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Mod me down if you want, but consider how much money was spent to keep this one person alive, He has already had one heart transplant, now has had a second, with a kidney transplant. And consider how many people cannot get even basic medical care.
In the United States we spend more (as a percentage of GDP) on health care than any other country. But we don't have the longest life span, don't have the lowest infant mortality, and have problems in many other measures of outcome. Part of the reason is cases like this. Think about the money that went to keep this person alive, and what would have happened had this money gone towards basic care for those that don't have it. - nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@ InsaneMachine
Fry: Why does everybody keep saying that.
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Zoidberg: And I'm the other guy. Courage. Not enough of it. Need some from what's-his-face. - tylerman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3this guy has had multiple heart replacements
amazing but what bad luck first heart at 49 second heart 12 yrs later ..... :-/ so much for natural selection.... cyborgs not to far around the corner? - molecule, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3'the tin man is recovering well from the operation' reported the wizard.
- scratched, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Like ledmonkey has mentioned, there are artificial hearts that are small enough. The problem is that they are not very efficient. They really only prolong death a little more.
We have yet to make an artificial heart that can work as well as a real human heart. Maybe given a few more years we'll reach that point, and it will become affordable (I don't know how much they cost now or how much they will in the future but I'd imagine they're very costly) - buckykatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Here's a video from one of the local TV stations:
http://cbs4.com/video/?id=22553@wfor.dayport.com
btw, the reporter is Dr. Sean, from the first Survivor. - taylorhayward, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Second heart? Where is this guy getting hearts? I thought there was like a long line. Cha Ching!
- JonnyTrombone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The waiting list for organs is hella long. This guy is lucky in so many ways.
- XxN3RDC0R3xX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I'm not saying these shouldn't be used or anything, I think this kind of technology is great.
But damn.. I don't know about anyone else, but to me it just seems creepy/weird that people can live without one of the most important organs.
I mean.. he ***** didn't have a heart! Holy crap! - NoelGallagher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So, if the man would have been stuck in a tree without a heart, we could have had a picture?
- jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2must be the weirdest feeling in the world - not to have a heart beating in your chest. Like being dead and yet able to observe life.
- usherzx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2you guys crack me up!
every last one of you... these days i read digg for the comments, not the articles
:) - addisonj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So... just a curoisty... did he have to have his chest spread and ribs cracked that whole time? seems amazing that you could live like that for a month and a half... anyone know how these machines work exactly?
- Dugg2Death, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I would say no. While some people do stupid things and/or refuse medical treatment and die. Most don't die from commonly treated disease.. which would kill far more than the two previously mentioned.
- VirtualCtor, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5You're probably too young to remember, but the first implant of this type was done in 1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_heart - Dugg2Death, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2True natural selection died with modern medicine... and that's a good thing.
- rolfeman02, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1089/Mptv/1089/3823-0045.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0032138
its the guy on the right - KalElOfJorEl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wait wait wait . . .
Second heart transplant? *does double take*
Who the hell is this guy that he's gotten his hands on three organs? Two hearts and a kidney? Is this guy related to a Senator or something? Don't people die every day waiting for heart and kidney transplants, yet this guy gets to go through the line twice? Something doesn't seem right to me. - Raptor235, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Crazy seems like he could use this
http://www.latest-health-treatments.com/heart-disease/if-i-only-had-a-nano-heart - vertinox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One thing I always have to ask is why we don't just replacing the entire human body with a machine. (aka ghost in the shell)
If we could only find some way to interface the human mind with a robot, and then have a machine take care of the blood to the brain with the nutrients and oxygen, then we don't have to deal with all the other organs.
Of course I'm sure there are some type of complications (understandment) of having a brain in a jar with nothing but machines to keep it alive.
Of course barring the advancement of direct visual and audio neural implants it would be a very boring existance. - Raptor235, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Crazy seems like he could use this
http://www.latest-health-treatments.com/heart-disease/if-i-only-had-a-nano-heart - DarkHack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1WOW! 48 days without a heart.
- shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3@XxXoldsaltXxX
lol your a dumbass.
also i cant belive no one has made a 48 days later joke. - im3ngs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wow, that must have been expensive. Who paid for that?
- nonchallant0819, on 03/28/2008, -0/+0This is a great story... found this one through http://www.google.com
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http://www.TopNotchCarpentry.com - Hermitwise, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4"Quarterman" huh? I thought he was only unable to die while in Africa... obscure?
- celopes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Is it? I wonder...
At least he was smart enough to allow medicine to help him.
There are people who refuse treatment and die. Isn't that - to some extent - natural selection? What about the people that do extremely dumb things and die?
I think natural selection is doing pretty well, it was just changed by modern life. And that is a good thing. -
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