Artificial Heart Patient Out of Intensive Care
The world’s first recipient of a self-contained artificial heart is out of intensive care, marking another milestone in his recovery in Louisville.
Robert Tools, 59, was transferred to the transitional care unit, two months after the plastic and titanium heart was implanted, Jewish Hospital officials said.
“While we continue to have ups and downs, Bob’s overall recovery is remarkable,” Dr. Laman Gray said. “Looking at him today, you would never know how gravely ill he was just 10 weeks ago.”
Hospital spokeswoman Linda McGinity-Jackson said “it could still be weeks or months” before Tools leaves the hospital.
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