Texas hospital lets transplant patients hold own hearts
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February 16, 2018
DALLAS (AP) — After years of working for cardiologists and vascular surgeons, Jane Poston held her own broken heart in her hands Thursday morning, literally.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports and, yes, her hands were shaking a little.
"I didn't want to die," the 62-year-old Bedford heart transplant recipient said at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. "It's such a wonder to hold your own heart."
The meeting was part of "Heart to Heart," possibly one of the more unique hospital programs in the United States. Since 2014, Baylor's downtown hospital has invited about 100 heart transplan...
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