fc just saw..Matt Millen in hospital, awaiting heart transplant
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It was 2 months ago and you even commented on the thread. . .
https://bwi.forums.rivals.com/threads/fc-millen-taking-a-leave-from-btn.220269/#post-3708710
and thus the fair catch, per rules but the situation seems to have gotten even worse...
King wrote: "...he needs a transplant fairly soon; problem is, he doesn’t know what 'fairly soon' means. He feels fine now, but he’ll be in the hospital till, he hopes, he gets a heart to replace his sick one."
I guess I did not realize he would be in the hospital until he gets a transplant, I thought some people could function their daily lives outside of the hospital while awaiting the transplant. Sounds like a rough life to me.
just for guys like you that like to pick fly shiat out of pepper.
If you’re #1, it shouldn’t be long. Icey roads and holiday drinkers will be his friend.
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I wanted to say hello and wish Matt well. Unfortunately, Couldn't get his attention over the field noise.
Tom, do you know of any way to contact him or his family? As a double lung transplant recipient and a kidney transplant waitlist patient, I would love to offer him/his family some words of encouragement from someone who has been in a similar situation health wise.
I do not. My guess would be to contact BTN, or to contact PSU football, and ask if they could pass a note along.
As you probably know, most hospitals that deal with transplants have teams/groups that assist with the emotional aspects of the situation. In many cases, prior transplant recipients are key parts of these teams that talk with prospective recipients.
I am glad you got your lungs, good luck with the kidney. I was at a meeting where they told us in Texas they are scraping some of your good lung tissues, putting them into a ‘crockpot’ and growing new lungs for you. They are your lungs, no need for rejection medicine etc! Sounded interesting, maybe they can do that with kidneys.
Hoping for you
Thank you. I had my surgery at UPMC in 2014 and I have been following their progress in working with T-Cell technology to eliminate the need for immune suppressant meds as well. BTW, at less than 10% lung function, there wasn’t any good lung tissue to “incubate”, lol. Also, as a CF patient, I had to do both or an old lung would reinfect the new lung. Kidneys are reasonably stable right now.
Don't belittle their hard work, they've earned their reputation. As far as Matt, he played his part.
