Consultation with Transplant team at Mass General Hospital
I Met with Dr. Mastoris (MAH-Store-is) at Mass General Hospital on May 30th. He was very nice, very smart and from just looking at him I could tell I was in good hands, I mean he is a Harvard Med alumni. We talked about what was happening and what we would be looking at broad spectrum-wise. We talked about meeting with a team to determine my case but we were most likely looking at a double transplant, heart & liver. Due to my congenital condition, my liver has been severely affected due to overcompensating my wonky heart. Some questions were brought up and needed a bit more information; What can happen safely? What needs to happen? What are the other organs doing/compensating for? Can it be done safely? How many organs are affected? We also discussed moving forward with a liver biopsy and meeting with a specialist at Mass General. I will be meeting with an advanced heart failure t...