The Nation - News from April 8, 1985

Artificial heart patient William J. Schroeder’s first full day outside the hospital in Louisville, Ky., was filled with the routine of ordinary life that the experimental surgery of 133 days earlier was designed to give him. Schroeder, 53, was moved from the hospital, where he and his wife had lived since his Nov. 25 implant, to a four-unit apartment across the street modified for Schroeder’s needs. There he had his first home-cooked meal since receiving his bionic heart--breakfast cooked by his wife. Humana Hospital Audubon’s other mechanical heart patient, Murray P. Haydon, remained on a respirator but showed continued progress.