Zack Poe, a 21-year-old from Northern Kentucky who lived for more than five months with a SynCardia artificial heart device, now has a donor heart.
No longer will the device's 131/2-pound power case announce his appearance with a buzz like that of a sedate washing machine. The only clue now to his status as a heart recipient is the red donor awareness pin tacked to his plaid shirt.
Does he miss the machine?
"I'm just as happy checking my pulse," Poe said Tuesday, touching his fingers to a pulse point in his wrist.
For his family, having him live through the loss of his own heart, stay alive and healthy while waiting and finally get a donor heart within the past month are nothing short of a miracle.
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