Anyone travel with an LVAD heart pump?

Mile High..... Kudos to you and yours for choosing to live fully, whatever life you may have! So many choose to lay down and let it happen! Since the LVAD is a battery operated device, your RV power should be fine to charge the batteries. But as stated earlier, I'd verify with the manufacturer. The rep at the hospital should be able to tell you anything you need to know.

Mr.Mark wrote:
Mile High, I certainly hope the best in your 'important lady's' situation.

A good friend of mine needed a new liver and was sick for a long time. He had an unusual inherited situation and it's a terrible thing to go through.

At first, they said he was not a candidate as certain parameters have to be met. One hospital said no and another in a different city said absolutely yes (always get a second opinion!). Unfortunately, the circumstances of one person give life to another.

It has certainly made me an organ donor advocate.

Best of luck to you.
MM.

Thank you so much for the kind words Mr. Mark - you always take the high ground and I appreciate that.

She also has an inherited issue that is leading to this, so her siblings are watching carefully. She is a pillar of health otherwise, never abused herself like I have. This pump should make her feel better than she has in several years, and it does put her higher on the transplant list.

Mile High, I certainly hope the best in your 'important lady's' situation.

A good friend of mine needed a new liver and was sick for a long time. He had an unusual inherited situation and it's a terrible thing to go through.

At first, they said he was not a candidate as certain parameters have to be met. One hospital said no and another in a different city said absolutely yes (always get a second opinion!). Unfortunately, the circumstances of one person give life to another.

It has certainly made me an organ donor advocate.

Best of luck to you.
MM.

ArchHoagland wrote:
A friend of mine was on a waiting list for a kidney. After about four years he got a call at midnight from the hospital where they were going to do the transplant and they told him he had to be at the hospital in four hours.

He lived in Fresno and the hospital is in San Francisco. If you don't show up they give the kidney to someone else so time is of the essence.

He got there right at 4am and got the kidney. Everything worked out great. No more dialysis!!

So my question to you is...how fast do you have to get to the hospital and how far away are you planning on traveling?

Sorry if I misled anyone, as my original post question was purely technical. We are in one of the top rated transplant systems in the country and we have been through months of counseling, training, and decision making.

As I've already stated, we have tons of local parks within the response time area, some we have never been to. There is also the very personal decision she will have to make as to whether some of the items on her bucket list out weight the risk of missing that call. The transplant center has a system to go on temporary suspension when traveling outside of the response zone. Many potential recipients continue on with the Europe trip, or some snowbirders even register for tansplant in both habitat regions.

Regardless - that wasn't where I was going with this. I am merely the facilitator to a very important lady in my life and if she wants to see the west coast or the lake down the street, I want to make it happen.

A friend of mine was on a waiting list for a kidney. After about four years he got a call at midnight from the hospital where they were going to do the transplant and they told him he had to be at the hospital in four hours.

He lived in Fresno and the hospital is in San Francisco. If you don't show up they give the kidney to someone else so time is of the essence.

He got there right at 4am and got the kidney. Everything worked out great. No more dialysis!!

So my question to you is...how fast do you have to get to the hospital and how far away are you planning on traveling?

hostage wrote:

Mile High wrote:

hostage wrote:

Mile High wrote:

hostage wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:
IMHO a person on a LVAD needs to stay home close to medical care.

your absolutely correct;;

Perhaps you folks could stay home for us, and watch the house! You'll have plenty of time from the couch to type unsolicited opinions.

I guess the suggestion was that if your that ill maybe you should not be driving a huge MH on a public highway endangering the other driving public;; I would also assume your DL would be invalid if your that ill
I know that I would not be driving a large DPMH anywhere if I was that ill; just my opinion others may vary

Boy you are a piece of work! You really know nothing about it do you.

If it makes you feel any better, I'm doing the driving, not her. But I'll be sure to run over you if I see you.

relax I thought you were the one needing it

read first, type last

Mile High wrote:

hostage wrote:

Mile High wrote:

hostage wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:
IMHO a person on a LVAD needs to stay home close to medical care.

your absolutely correct;;

Perhaps you folks could stay home for us, and watch the house! You'll have plenty of time from the couch to type unsolicited opinions.

I guess the suggestion was that if your that ill maybe you should not be driving a huge MH on a public highway endangering the other driving public;; I would also assume your DL would be invalid if your that ill
I know that I would not be driving a large DPMH anywhere if I was that ill; just my opinion others may vary

Boy you are a piece of work! You really know nothing about it do you.

If it makes you feel any better, I'm doing the driving, not her. But I'll be sure to run over you if I see you.

relax I thought you were the one needing it

hostage wrote:

krivanj wrote:
It is what the surgeons and cardiologists all say...

sounds great;; I wonder why anyone would risk a heart transplant?
and if successful their only good for 10-15 year max

Perhaps someday you'll have to answer that question for yourself. Live a year, or live 10-15. Which will you choose?

krivanj wrote:
Never failed, and it has less probability of failing than someone over 50 has a chance of having a heart attack.

Ya they have high reliability - the bigger concern is blood clots.

hostage wrote:

Mile High wrote:

hostage wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:
IMHO a person on a LVAD needs to stay home close to medical care.

your absolutely correct;;

Perhaps you folks could stay home for us, and watch the house! You'll have plenty of time from the couch to type unsolicited opinions.

I guess the suggestion was that if your that ill maybe you should not be driving a huge MH on a public highway endangering the other driving public;; I would also assume your DL would be invalid if your that ill
I know that I would not be driving a large DPMH anywhere if I was that ill; just my opinion others may vary

Boy you are a piece of work! You really know nothing about it do you.

If it makes you feel any better, I'm doing the driving, not her. But I'll be sure to run over you if I see you.