The Nation - News from Dec. 26, 1985
The family of artificial heart patient Mary Lund spent Christmas Day around a lighted tree in a hospital lounge in Louisville, Ky., hoping for some improvement, but doctors reported little change in her condition. She remained in a light coma. Meanwhile, the world’s two surviving recipients of permanent artificial heart implants observed Christmas quietly at Humana Hospital Audubon in Louisville with relatives. William J. Schroeder, 53, who is recovering from a stroke, was joined only by his wife, Margaret. Murray P. Haydon, 59, was joined by his family.
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