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Sep 26, 20243 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: AUDREY LLOYD
A Second Chance at Life: Audrey’s Journey with Danon’s Disease and a Donor Heart Audrey’s journey with heart disease began early. At just...
Mar 25, 20242 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Lenny Boisson
Survivor Story of Lenny Buisson whose mission is to ensure other heart failure patients know there's life after diagnosis
Dec 12, 20233 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Michelle Keyes
For Michelle Keyes, Every Day Since Her Heart Transplant Has Been a Blessing December 12, 2023 If you ask Michelle Keyes about her...
Sep 20, 20232 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Jay toland
Jay Toland (pictured below) is the definition of a HeartBrother. When another heart transplant candidate received the call that a heart...
Jun 16, 20232 min read
Survivor Story: Tommy Hardiman
Tommy Hardiman has always been on the move. Whether running his business, traveling with his wife, or hitting the golf course, he lives...
Feb 21, 20232 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Mark Cibulski
After 2nd Heart Transplant, Mark Cibulski Is Ready To Play Ball... Mark Cibulski is training to take the field this baseball season, just...
Sep 20, 20225 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Tom Bull
There is a whole new world on the other side of transplant. Tom Bull has had a remarkable life, and he’s only 50 years old.
Aug 2, 20222 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: McKinley Hackett
Find out more about HeartBrother McKinley Hackett's new book: “Meeting Death and Learning to Live..."
Jun 16, 20222 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Jim Lang
Meet our newest Team HeartBrother member, Jim Lang of Worcester, MA.
Jim is a writer and public speaker who was 52 when he noticed...
Mar 31, 20222 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Bob Cummings
A New Heart for Bob and A Stay at HeartBrothers House for Wife & Caregiver, Kelly In March, Bob Cummings finally received a new heart and...
Dec 10, 20212 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Tina Foster
“You Have to Keep the Faith” Just a few months after noticing shortness of breath and swelling in her legs, Tina Foster was told she...
Sep 9, 20213 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Ed Sarno
Cancer and Heart Transplant Survivor Gives Back with HeartBrothers House: ‘You’ve got to be a fighter’...
Jun 29, 20213 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Hamid Mahdavy
Name: Hamid Mahdavy Location: Wilbraham, MA (The Berkshires) Diagnosis: Left Ventricular...
Apr 4, 20177 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Kyle Williams
Name: Kyle Williams Location: Syracuse, NY Profession: Environmental Engineer Diagnosis:...
Mar 21, 20174 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Don Mitchell
Name: Don Mitchell Age: 61 Age at Diagnosis: 39 Procedures: heart transplant; kidney transplant My heart disease started at the very...
Mar 5, 20178 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Larry Williams
Larry N. Williams, Jr: It’s All About the Moment Name: Larry N. Williams, Jr. Location: Tufts Medical Center, Pratt 8 (Heart Failure...
Feb 15, 20175 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Allen “Monty” Scott
Name: Allen “Monty” Scott Diagnosis (Age): 36 Transplant: Currently 1A Status on the Transplant Waiting List Monty needs lifesaving heart...
May 27, 20167 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Mike Ashworth
Name: Mike Ashworth Location: Warwick, RI Profession: Soccer coach; retired insurance broker Diagnosis: Heart failure / renal failure...
Feb 5, 20166 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Shalah McDonough
Name: Shalah McDonough Location: Chelmsford, MA Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathy, January 2004, Age 21 Transplanted: July 1, 2015, Age 32 Time...
Nov 5, 201410 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Greg Hampton
However, just days prior to the first game of the year at BC, a scrimmage against the ’94 US Olympic team, my world came to a screeching...
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