Items Tagged ‘heart transplant’
September 9, 2022
Transplant patient says Arts at the Bedside ‘helped me have a reason not to give up’
By In the Loop 
Katie White was hospitalized for more than three months while waiting for a heart transplant. She credits Mayo’s Arts at the Bedside — and her nurses — with helping her through the long wait. The art program even inspired a new career: Katie now sells the jewelry that she began making at Mayo Clinic. Katie […]
Tags: heart transplant, Mayo Clinic Dolores Jean Lavins Center for Humanities in Medicine
January 14, 2022
A shared heart: Two families come together after tragedy, transplant
By In the Loop
Before July 2017, Carson Gigstad’s family had no connection to Amanda Hansen’s family. Today, the families share a bond that grew out of tragedy and turned into hope. Around the 15th of every month, Christin Gigstad and Tina Haug think of each other. They pick up their phones and text. Even if they’ve already talked […]
Tags: Dr. John Stulak, heart transplant, Mayo Clinic Transplant Center
November 18, 2021
Happy Transplantversary: Celebrating 25 years with a new heart, back where it all happened
By In the Loop
It was a special day for the Ryans: the 25th anniversary of Jay’s heart transplant. It’s an anniversary the family usually marks privately. But this year, the significance of the milestone demanded something more. Jay Ryan had a hunch something was up when his wife, Sarah, asked him to step things up in the shirt […]
Tags: Dr. Brooks Edwards, Dr. Richard Daly, Dr. Thomas Habermann, heart transplant, Mayo Clinic Transplant Center, Paul Olsen-Holtorf
February 27, 2020
After Heart Transplant, Surgeon Returns to Operating Room
By In the Loop
After a heart transplant in 2018, Dr. Robert Montgomery, a surgeon at NYU, turned to an experimental protocol at Mayo Clinic. The new drug eliminated his tremors and allowed him to return to surgery.
Tags: Cardiac Arrest, dilated cardiomyopathy, Dr. Sudhir Kushwaha, heart arrhythmia, heart transplant, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
December 17, 2019
Ethan’s Angels Keep Boy’s Memory Alive by Giving to Others
By In the Loop
Ashley and Jeremy Scheffert, whose son Ethan passed away in 2015, join friends and family to collect and donate toys and gift cards to Mayo Clinic each Christmas in honor of Ethan.
Tags: Dr Jonathan Johnson, Dr. Joseph Dearani, heart transplant, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, pediatrics
November 26, 2019
Toy Drive a Holiday Tradition for Transplant Family
By In the Loop
Each year, Linsey Rippy and her family organize a toy drive to stock the toy closets at Mayo Clinic and Ronald McDonald House. It’s their way of paying forward the kindness they’ve been shown.
Tags: dilated cardiomyopathy, heart transplant, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Ronald McDonald House
October 8, 2019
Twenty Years After Transplant, Heart is Beating Strong
By In the Loop
Angie Mikkelson used to want to fly under the radar and not tell others she’d had a heart transplant. But then she realized the effect she could have by sharing her story and encouraging others to donate.
Tags: Congenital Heart Defect, heart transplant, Parachute Mitral Valve
August 20, 2019
Heart Transplant Recipient Driven to Make a Difference, Now Needs Second Transplant
By In the Loop
Elizabeth Sammons received a heart transplant at Mayo Clinic in 2015 and used her second chance at life to give back, crocheting hundreds of scarves for homeless Minnesotans.
Tags: heart transplant, Kidney transplant, Mayo Clinic Transplant Center
May 9, 2019
Special Delivery: Florida EMT Helps Transport New Heart for Uncle
By In the Loop
Teddy Ross, an emergency medical technician, had just driven a heart by ambulance to Mayo Clinic when he realized that the heart was for his uncle, who was there awaiting a transplant.
Tags: Dr. Rohan Goswami, heart failure, heart transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida
February 19, 2019
‘Heart Sisters’ Turn Tragedy Into Triumph at Mayo Clinic
By In the Loop
When transplant cardiologist Lisa LeMond, M.D., introduced two of her patients to each other, she knew they had a lot in common. What she couldn’t have known is how meaningful their friendship would become.
Tags: dilated cardiomyopathy, Dr. Lisa LeMond, Heart Disease, heart transplant, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Mayo Clinic Transplant Center, restrictive cardiomyopathy