Hi, everyone --

Lori just called with another update, and this time it’s not so positive:

The LVAD the physicians inserted on Wednesday is not working as well as we had hoped: the heart still goes into arrhythmia when the physicians attempt to wean him from the larger machine helping to circulate his blood.

As a result, the plan to eventually release Greg from the hospital on the LVAD to await the new heart has been put aside. Instead, his name has been moved up on the national heart transplant registry: he is now among those who need a transplant most urgently, and he needs a new heart before he can leave the hospital.

As Lori said, this could conceivably be a good thing: with the new classification, it’s possible he could receive a heart more quickly, and we’ll be able to skip the long intermediate LVAD phase. Now we’ll just have to wait -- faster.

I will keep you posted.

Patrick Queen
646-464-5658