7/14/2003: Heart from transplant

Undertoad · 07-14-2003, 11:57 AM

Twelve-year-old Shane Bowman plays with his old heart in Edmonton, Canada on Friday, July 11, 2003. Bowman had a heart transplant and got a chance to see his old heart to have some closure on his illness. Bowman had dialated cardiomyopathy, a condition caused by a virus, and his heart was enlarged to about 555 grams. A normal heart is about 200 grams.

Imagine playing catch with your own heart.

SteveDallas · 07-14-2003, 12:15 PM

Hey that's handy... in coming years he can hand it to girls & they can stomp on it... it'll save them the trouble of ripping out of his chest first.

OnyxCougar · 07-14-2003, 12:26 PM

No, the ripping it out part is the best part! I know it's my favorite part of getting screwed over.

elSicomoro · 07-14-2003, 01:18 PM

If Rho gets a kidney transplant, we could all play catch with the kidney at a future GTG.

Torrere · 07-14-2003, 01:35 PM

Imagine all the Love that guy must have had in his huge heart! It's gargantuan! How did that fit inside him?

juju · 07-14-2003, 02:17 PM

That is completely amazing.

e unibus plurum · 07-14-2003, 05:19 PM

hmmm... the 'Heart Diet'

xoxoxoBruce · 07-14-2003, 09:38 PM

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playing catch with your own heart.

And dribbled across the floor then slam dunked into a Cuisinart. Film at 11.

ndetroit · 07-15-2003, 12:50 AM

Look at the fatty deposits surrounding it... I don't think that's necessarily normal. I used to work at a butcher shop and (granted, I'm not really an expert in HUMAN hearts... actually I'm not really an expert in any hearts, I guess) you don't usually see that much white stuff around the heart of a young animal.

I wonder if it's a side effect of his disease.

blase · 07-15-2003, 09:44 AM

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Originally posted by ndetroit
Look at the fatty deposits surrounding it... I don't think that's necessarily normal. I used to work at a butcher shop and (granted, I'm not really an expert in HUMAN hearts... actually I'm not really an expert in any hearts, I guess) you don't usually see that much white stuff around the heart of a young animal.

I wonder if it's a side effect of his disease.

That would make sense as fat would have greater volume and add mass.

Tobiasly · 07-15-2003, 10:48 AM

I dunno; I seem to remember quite a bit of fat around mammal hearts that I've dissected. Of course, I'm no heart expert either.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2003, 11:21 AM

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Look at the fatty deposits surrounding it...

That's where the flavor is.

richlevy · 07-15-2003, 09:51 PM

I wonder if they carry that philosophy forward to other kinds of operations. It would make sex changes interesting.

chrisinhouston · 07-16-2003, 08:06 AM

Can you say suet?

It's what makes a Spotted Dick so light and fluffy! Ahh, British food!

99 44/100% pure · 07-16-2003, 08:22 AM

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Originally posted by richlevy
I wonder if they carry that philosophy forward to other kinds of operations. It would make sex changes interesting.

This approach might work well for other theraputic benefits as well -- I can think of a few pricks I'd like to sever and hurl around -- provide closure and all that . . .

07-14-2003, 11:57 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/14/2003: Heart from transplant Twelve-year-old Shane Bowman plays with his old heart in Edmonton, Canada on Friday, July 11, 2003. Bowman had a heart transplant and got a chance to see his old heart to have some closure on his illness. Bowman had dialated cardiomyopathy, a condition caused by a virus, and his heart was enlarged to about 555 grams. A normal heart is about 200 grams. Imagine playing catch with your own heart.

07-14-2003, 12:26 PM	#3
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	No, the ripping it out part is the best part! I know it's my favorite part of getting screwed over. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

07-15-2003, 09:51 PM	#13
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I wonder if they carry that philosophy forward to other kinds of operations. It would make sex changes interesting. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

07-16-2003, 08:06 AM	#14
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	"Look at the fatty deposits surrounding it... " Can you say suet? It's what makes a Spotted Dick so light and fluffy! Ahh, British food!

07-14-2003, 12:15 PM	#2
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Hey that's handy... in coming years he can hand it to girls & they can stomp on it... it'll save them the trouble of ripping out of his chest first.

07-14-2003, 01:18 PM	#4
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	If Rho gets a kidney transplant, we could all play catch with the kidney at a future GTG.

07-14-2003, 01:35 PM	#5
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Imagine all the Love that guy must have had in his huge heart! It's gargantuan! How did that fit inside him?

07-14-2003, 02:17 PM	#6
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	That is completely amazing.

07-14-2003, 05:19 PM	#7
e unibus plurum garbage in, refuse out Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 98	hmmm... the 'Heart Diet'

07-15-2003, 12:50 AM	#9
ndetroit Master Locutor Join Date: May 2001 Location: vancouver Posts: 158	Look at the fatty deposits surrounding it... I don't think that's necessarily normal. I used to work at a butcher shop and (granted, I'm not really an expert in HUMAN hearts... actually I'm not really an expert in any hearts, I guess) you don't usually see that much white stuff around the heart of a young animal. I wonder if it's a side effect of his disease.

07-15-2003, 10:48 AM	#11
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	I dunno; I seem to remember quite a bit of fat around mammal hearts that I've dissected. Of course, I'm no heart expert either.

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