There is no heartbeat in the thorax in 4 months

There is no heartbeat in the thorax in 4 months " not be in the mood for girls " The miracle survives

Recapture Simmens of the heart ' Left) Attend the news conference together with mother after leaving hospital. Because a girl in U.S.A. suffers from rare heart disease, have to accept two heart transfer operations. Between two operations, this girl relies on the external artificial heart to succeed in surviving for 118 days.

Medical miracle

14 -year-old Germany can't believe this fact to pitch Na and Simmens all the time. " whether in 118 day, I feel one's own only picture ' the dummy ' always, " She recovers to say on the 19th, " but I know that still live in this world oneself while leaving hospital, and on condition that have no heart. "

Her mother draws Andersen and calls this with tile " The most inconceivable medical miracle " .

At the beginning of of 2008, Simmens will feel left chest pains. After several hospitals ask and manage having no result in South Carolina, Andersen takes her to go to Holts children's hospital located in Miami to ask and manage.

Simmens is made a definite diagnosis of and suffers from the expanding myocardium disease, only by accepting the heart transfer operation can it store and live on. On July 2 this year, she accepted the first heart transfer operation. Because of can't work to transplant the heart normallying, the doctor takes him out on July 4. Later, Simmens had to rely on the external artificial heart to maintain the blood circulation, wait for the second heart transplant.

Until October 29, Simmens did not meet the second transfer operation. " once this machine is cranky, I am just hopeless, " She says at the news briefing that Holts children's hospital holds. Simmens is a little shy, the sound is weak, it sounds as if and looks like and speaks the secret words.

Very dangerous

Medical group to Holts children's hospital of expert of Pittsburgh department of cardiac surgery of children's hospital Peter and Weldon " The masterpiece " Feel and shake. "Does this girl's heart stops beating, also live for more than 100 days? Really inconceivable! "

The doctor of Holts children's hospital says, the materials reveal, an adult in Germany is " not be in the mood for " Survive for 9 months under the state, but Simmens is the first case of nearly 4 months of surviving that minors depend on the external artificial heart.

After the first heart transfer operation fails, Simmens can only maintain the life by the artificial apparatus. In nearly two months, she needs to depend on the breathing machine is breathed. Following renal failure last appearance,depleted liver too. Because the gastrointestinal tract bleed seriously, she is unable to take food. The doctor thought, the deterioration of the physical condition made her unable to accept the second heart transfer operation temporarily at that time.

Simmens' condition takes a favorable turn slowly, even can go out ventilatively subsequently. Just she sets out 4 people's help of the need each time, among them a person should move the duplicator size external artificial heart apparatus.

Mark Reich Luo, expert of department of cardiac surgery of the children of Miami University, says: "As to a girl 14 years old, it is really very difficult that can come over very much. "

Way to recover

Reich says, uses the external artificial heart technology not to get the formal approval of the federal government in U.S.A. yet to minors, so except the heart disease patient of pediatrics does not wait for too much and choose. Simmens' case makes the doctors have a kind of choice.

Simmens accepted the second heart transfer operation on October 29. The next day, she made one's wish fulfilled, got a healthy kidney. She lives at the place where there is a block only from the hospital after leaving hospital, plans to spend the recovery period of 2 to 3 months.

Reich tells reporters, Simmens resumes well at present. But the patient who generally accepts heart transfer operation needs to change the new heart after from 12 years to 13, the probability appearing in this kind of situation is 50.

Simmens only needs to take and resist and arrange the different medicine for a long time next, comes to guarantee to plant into the heart to work normally. In addition, she can well participate in various activities like peer.

"Having got rid of that machine at last now, I could play with friendsed, "Simmens says.

It is 15th birthday for Simmens on November 22. She plans to spend an unforgettable day with 5 siblings together on the sightseeing boat of the gulf of Miami. (reporter Xing XuDong)
There is no heartbeat in the thorax in 4 months " not be in the mood for girls " The miracle survives