""I thought a transplant would only extend my life, not improve it. But within 30 days I was back on my horse.""
""The experience was absolutely amazing. I always felt cared for, attended to, and fully informed,""
""When we carried out the first transplant, we didn't know what the long-term outcomes would be. To see patients not only survive but thrive for decades after is extraordinary.""
A 42-year-old woman from Cork, originally from Poland, was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy in 2017 and received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator before her condition worsened. She was placed on the transplant list in October 2018 and received a donor heart a month later. Recovery was rapid: she walked the day after surgery, cycled within six days, and resumed riding her horse within a month. The Mater Hospital has performed 447 heart transplants and marked forty years since Ireland's first heart transplant. Surgical pioneers Maurice Neligan and Prof Freddie Wood helped perform that first operation. Consultants emphasize that organ donation remains the only hope for many patients.
Read at Irish Independent
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