“I just felt normal. There was nothing wrong with me.
I can do anything again.”
Salina

In 2006, I was 29 years old and I had a beautiful 19-month-old baby boy. My world was turned upside down when I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and given less than a month to live. I was days from being sent home on hospice care to die comfortably with my loved ones. Then a remarkable, intelligent piece of technology was introduced to me that would keep me alive. It was the HeartMate II. I carried my LVAD for 17 months and now I am fully recovered and enjoying life to its fullest. I am so fortunate to be alive through the help of this invention.

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