Taunton Boy Awaiting Heart Transplant Needs Birthday Cards STAT
Finnley Silva is a soon-to-be four-year-old at Boston Children’s Hospital. This brave little boy currently waiting for a new heart.
“Finnley was born with a heart defect, called hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome,” explained his mom, Emily Silva. “He had three surgeries to correct his defect, but unfortunately, the third surgery didn’t work as planned. He was diagnosed as being in heart failure and had a Ventricular Assistance Device, or VAD, placed in October. He is currently an inpatient at Boston Children’s awaiting a heart transplant. He will be staying inpatient until he receives a heart.”
The wife of a Londonderry man who died while waiting for a heart transplant has welcomed a public consultation on an opt-out system for organ donation, hailing it as a great legacy in his memory.
Suzanne Duncan, whose husband Andrew passed away in 2014 with a hereditary heart condition, said it was a fitting legacy for him as he had campaigned many years for a change in the system here.
Last year, 11 people here died while awaiting an organ transplant, and there are 115 people currently on the list.
On Friday Health Minister Robin Swann launched a 10-week consultation on an opt-out system for organ donation, which would mean that adults here automatically become donors, unless they specifically say otherwise.