Greg Soumokil goes home with total artificial heart
Greg Soumokil, 56, went into Sacred Heart Medical Center as a patient who was waiting for a heart transplant and was so sick he could no longer wait at home. He has been in the hospital for months.
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Greg Soumokil proudly shows off his new heart-themed tee shirt on May 21 in Spokane.
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Greg Soumokil works on gaining strength with the help of St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute PT Lynn Aley while tethered to a Freedom Driver unit, Friday, May 21, 2021 in Spokane. Soumokli left Sacred Heart Medical Center Monday, May 17 after about 97 days in the hospital. Dr. Cristy Smith and a team performed a Total Artificial Heart surgery (via open heart) that removed his biological heart and put in the TAH to sustain his life while he waits for a combined heart and kidney transplant.
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Greg Soumokil replaces the 2-hour battery powering his Freedom Driver unit, Friday, May 21, 2021, while at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute in Spokane. Soumokli left Sacred Heart Medical Center Monday, May 17 after about 97 days in the hospital. Dr. Cristy Smith and a team performed a Total Artificial Heart surgery (via open heart) that removed his biological heart and put in the TAH to sustain his life while he waits for a combined heart and kidney transplant.
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Greg Soumokil says his "No Bad Days" is his new mantra as he is tethered to a Freedom Driver unit, Friday, May 21, 2021 in Spokane. Soumokli left Sacred Heart Medical Center Monday, May 17 after about 97 days in the hospital. Dr. Cristy Smith and a team performed a Total Artificial Heart surgery (via open heart) that removed his biological heart and put in the TAH to sustain his life while he waits for a combined heart and kidney transplant.
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Greg Soumokil studies a strength exercise diagrams st St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, Friday, May 21, 2021 in Spokane. Soumokli left Sacred Heart Medical Center Monday, May 17 after about 97 days in the hospital. Dr. Cristy Smith and a team performed a Total Artificial Heart surgery (via open heart) that removed his biological heart and put in the TAH to sustain his life while he waits for a combined heart and kidney transplant.
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Greg Soumokil pauses from working on gaining strength with the help of St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute PT Lynn Aley while tethered to a Freedom Driver unit, Friday, May 21m 2021 in Spokane. Soumokli left Sacred Heart Medical Center Monday, May 17 after about 97 days in the hospital. Dr. Cristy Smith and a team performed a Total Artificial Heart surgery (via open heart) that removed his biological heart and put in the TAH to sustain his life while he waits for a combined heart and kidney transplant.
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Greg Soumokil is all smiles as he works on gaining strength with the help of St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute PT Lynn Aley, Friday, May 21, 2021 in Spokane. Soumokli left Sacred Heart Medical Center Monday, May 17 after about 97 days in the hospital. Dr. Cristy Smith and a team performed a Total Artificial Heart surgery (via open heart) that removed his biological heart and put in the TAH to sustain his life while he waits for a combined heart and kidney transplant.
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Greg Soumokil wait to begin a PT session at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute while tethered to a Freedom Driver unit, left, Friday, May 2, 2021 in Spokane. Soumokli left Sacred Heart Medical Center Monday, May 17 after about 97 days in the hospital. Dr. Cristy Smith and a team performed a Total Artificial Heart surgery (via open heart) that removed his biological heart and put in the TAH to sustain his life while he waits for a combined heart and kidney transplant.
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Greg Soumokil holds another SynCardia Total Artificial Heart, like the one implanted in him during open-heart surgery in Spokane, to show as an example on May 17, the day he left Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center to go home.
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