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Richard "Rick" Slayman: Man who received first pig kidney transplant dies, his death came just two weeks after his surgery. latest news on townflex

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[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 109 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Suffering from end-stage kidney disease, Richard underwent the groundbreaking procedure in March, only to depart from this world merely two months post-surgery.

The news of his demise was confirmed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the medical facility behind the historic transplant, on Saturday.

Either an AI wrote this or somebody needs to take the author's fucking thesaurus. He has ceased to be. He's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain, and joined the choir invisible. He is an Ex-pig kidney transplant recipient.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 6 months ago

He's pining for the fjords

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Richard passed beyond the veil Tuesday morning. His brain was made into mince-meat. He poofed into a cloud of smoke and was carried away by a wayward zephyr, destined for the clearing at the end of the path.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Homie got ded. He's ghosted, slid out his flesh jacket, closed the shop, and joined the unseen squad. Homie's no longer rockin' that pig kidney.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] RHSJack@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

His subscription to God expired and, pinches two fingers up mafioso style, you know how it goes.. *shrug.

[–] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

His soul was yeeted from his body.

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 76 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It was two months post surgery.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 64 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but he got a human heart in 2018 and was diabetic.

He wasn't going to live long regardless, but what matters is what killed him and the source is pretty bad.

Two months isn't great and it's not terrible, so the details is what matters.

[–] ____@infosec.pub 48 points 6 months ago

That source is garbage.

Seems to be based on what amounts to a single “does not currently appear that the procedure itself killed him” statement from MGH, which is generally respected.

I will wait for the actual journal article that (I sincerely hope) is yet to come.

Five years, and an additional two months following consent from a highly experimental and unique procedure that he appears to have given informed consent for because he would otherwise have died sooner beats the hell out of five years without the two months.

I could make a hell of a lot of amends in sixty days, knowing it was all I had, that I’ve had trouble making in four plus decades…. Which would make the end exponentially more peaceful and pleasant.

Anything that gives me that much time is a net positive. Not going to bother with some of the usual surgical recovery stuff if I am fully informed at that point but… Don’t want to die wishing I had had time to make that one phone call or txt that I didn’t quite get to make because we don’t get to choose the moment.

Ten yrs from now hewill be a hero for undergoing the procedure that leads to real progress.

[–] Alsjemenou@lemy.nl 64 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's incredible that this was viable in the first place. Of course these type of experimental surgeries are done on extremely sick people at the end stage of normal care. So, actually two months is nothing to scoff at. It means a successful operation. I hope autopsy will give insight. What this man did is incredibly brave and important for mankind. Hero in my books.

[–] vintageballs@feddit.de 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It was two weeks though.

Edit: nevermind, OP says two weeks, article says march. My bad.

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 months ago

Too bad he went with Rick. Dick Slayman is a badass name.