Girl's Heart Regenerates With Artificial Assist

Socguy writes with news about a 15-year-old girl who has become the first Canadian to have an artificial heart removed after her own heart healed itself. "Doctors at the Stollery Children's hospital implanted the Berlin Heart, a portable mechanical device that keeps blood pumping in an ailing heart, so she could survive until a transplant became available. But over the next few months, Melissa's overall condition improved dramatically, and her heart muscle regained much of its strength. After 146 days on the Berlin Heart, Melissa underwent surgery to have the device removed."

Re:Let forth...

[siyavash]

No, the joke would be too cruel. For god sake, somebody think of the children! :p

Melissa Dorothy

[Anonymous Coward]

In other news, her old artificial heart is to be given to her closest friend [tinyurl.com].

Maybe

[User 956]

Maybe her heart didn't regenerate. Maybe she just has two, because she's a klingon.

Re:Let forth...Pffaaa!

[andy666]

Like many slashdotters, I've had my heart broken over and over, and it keeps regenerating. Like that Jody Foster thing....I was convinced she was serious, but I just couldn't get past security.

Re:Maybe

[Anonymous Coward]

...or a timelord?

Praise Jesus!

[Anonymous Coward]

Our God is indeed a God of Mircales and Wonders. The hand of the great Healer is clearly at work for this sweet girl.

Thank you, Jesus! Praise be to your precious name.

House M.D.

[Antarius]

Gregory House, eat your heart out! Er, wait...

Praise be to science!

[typidemon]

Without whom this little girl would have died. Oh, congratulations to Jesus for getting around to saving the little girl's life.

I'd imagine that if more people had donated money to the church, Jesus would have been able to get to her sooner rather than later. Jesus loves us, but he needs money. So get off of your chair and donate some money now, so her little friend might be saved.

Re:Maybe

[bytesex]

Or Mathew Starr.

Re:Let forth...Pffaaa!

[WwWonka]

Like many slashdotters, I've had my heart broken over and over

...realizing once again that the 22 year old beautiful blonde girl with huge boobs on MySpace that just sent you a friend request is really your fat unemployed neighbor Ned?

Re:I want to know why she healed - what caused it

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't be ridiculous. Why would Nazis want to replace the innocent heart of a young girl with a cold, steel mach.. OH MY GOD!!! WE'RE ALL DOOMED!!!!

Re:Let forth...Pffaaa!

[somersault]

Meh - as long as he has decent boobs too then it's okay

Re:Praise Jesus!

[MMC Monster]

Let us give thanks to his noodly appendage.

Re:Let forth...

[Kabuthunk]

Just when you thought that there was no way to heal a broken heart...

Libertarian question

[CptPicard]

How the fuck can a 15-year old girl's wealth generation ability be enough for some fancy artificial heart?? Her parents better have paid for it, or otherwise it distorted the market and reduced my ability to make more profits.

There was an excellent Outer Limits episode (1x05) of exactly this kind of an event, but of course Socialist propaganda was injected into it to make the ending morally repugnant.