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Post heart transplant complications

Hello! My husband is 5 months post heart transplant, and he was just discharged from OHSU after being treated for pneumonia/ sepsis: I spoke with the head of the transplant team and
pharmacist a week prior to his hospital admission, telling them he was symptomatic. They said don't worry probably just a virus. 5 days later he was febrile, complaining of severe joint pain neck pain. It's a good thing we went when we did, he was in bad shape. My question to other recent transplants is how has your recovery been? Has anyone j
Had complications? I would love to here form you! Thank you.

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    I'm sorry to hear what your husband has been going through. I'm hoping this post finds him doing better each day.
    I trust some of our community members will chime in here with their personal experiences.
    In the meantime, I'm including this article that my provide some helpful information: https://heart-failure.net/heart-transplant
    I will be keeping you both in my thoughts, Doreen (Team Member)

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