Journey to Third Heart


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His youngest son turned 12 soon after his father's third heart attack—the same age Persichetti was when he saw his own dad die at the breakfast table of a heart attack. Despite several operations for bypass and installation of a pacemaker and a defibrillator, Persichetti's heart continued to fail. He had to retire from his job of 37 years. He lost 64 pounds, his average blood pressure dropped so low that he had no energy to move, his kidney function slowed.

Every other weekend for more than a year he was in the hospital so fluid could be drained from his heart.

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He vividly remembers the day when his Emory cardiologist told him he needed a transplant. I always felt like he was treating me, not the disease. In the four months Persichetti spent on the transplant list, he remembers replaying his life's journey in his head.

He had no energy even to speak, and his priest came often to visit. One of his best friends would stop by and just sit with him. No words could express what he saw his buddy going through. Meanwhile, his wife Vicky was worrying over him but still keeping the daily chores of life going—driving their youngest son to school, shopping for groceries, cleaning the house, paying the bills.

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On November 3, , the Persichettis got the news they were waiting for. There was a heart. I knew that someone was being taken off life support, that in their darkest hour, a family was deciding to give me life," Persichetti says. The experience he had in transplant was an incredible journey, Persichetti says. Lutz, the lab techs who matched me with a donor, the nurses.

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Journey To Third Heart is the story of not just one heart transplant but two heart transplants. A story that may be uplifting for others who are. giving me iodine dye again. She discharged me with no answers. HEART TRANSPLANT A few days after we got home from JOURNEY TO THIRD HEART

I can still tell you the names of all my nurses and what shift they were on. Heart invites us into both his personal and professional connection to cardiac disease, while also helping address mysteries that have long perplexed doctors, as well as the patients they care for. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff.

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In one area, for example, Persichetti is helping Emory nurses tweak bedside reporting procedures at shift change. Published September 30, Updated October 1, He and his new heart willingly go wherever he is invited. The study, based on a cohort of Americans in Boston, remains the longest running cohort study focused on discerning risk factors for heart disease. Persichetti also has visited many areas within Emory Healthcare in his role as patient advocate.

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