Lawrence Faucette, a pig-heart transplant patient, works with a physical therapist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's hospital in Baltimore, on Oct. 18, 2023.
Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine offered the highly experimental surgery.
“That’s going to be tough but I’ll work it out,” Faucette, 58, replied, breathing heavily but giving a smile. of a heart from a genetically altered pig into another dying man. David Bennett survived just two months before that heart failed, for reasons that aren’t completely clear although later were found inside the organ. Lessons from that first experiment led to changes before this second try, including better virus testing.
A hospital spokeswoman said Faucette has been able to stand and physical therapists are helping him gain strength needed to attempt walking.
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