The Nation - News from Feb. 22, 1985

William J. Schroeder, looking tired but saying he felt “real fine,” took a second brief trip outside his Louisville, Ky., hospital in a wheelchair, smiling and waving at reporters. “We’re going to live a normal life. . . . I know it’s going to work,” said his wife, Margaret, who accompanied the second artificial heart recipient on the 10-minute excursion. Meanwhile, doctors said the third artificial heart patient, Murray P. Haydon, was recovering well but experiencing fatigue and some kidney failure. The kidney problem was expected to clear up without treatment.