Worsening heart failure threatened the travel and family time Herman Davis and his wife cherished. But for nearly 3 years, a heart pump called a VAD has given him a quality of life back.
Monday, October 28, 2024 6:16PMWorsening heart failure threatened the life Herman Davis and his wife cherished. But a VAD heart pump has given him a quality of life back.When medication stops helping with heart failure , a ventricular assist device might be the next option.A Delaware man says a VAD is giving him a full life, with travel and more family time, with very few drawbacks.
"I could barely move. I think I had actually blacked out for a time," Herman says about an episode that occurred right after he got back from a vacation in Aruba."This pump really is surgically implanted to bypass that sick ventricle and give the body all the necessary oxygen through the appropriate blood supply," says Dr. Eman Hamad, a Temple Health advanced heart failure specialist.
The pump is powered by a battery pack, but can also be plugged directly into a power source at night. Herman says it took about 4 months to adjust to the sound and care of the VAD he got nearly 3 years ago. But since then, he's had a great quality of life, traveling and being with the family.
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