Presenter Fausto Silva, 73, was moved to a room at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo. Doctors also reported that the presenter is recovering well.
“He still has normal heart function and no signs of organ rejection. He has been shifted to an apartment where he is undergoing a rehabilitation process.”
The statement was made by Dr. Fernando Bacal, cardiologist at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Dr. Fábio Antônio Gaiotto, cardiovascular surgeon at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, and Dr. Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Medical Director and Hospital Services at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, signed.
“Just because I have money doesn’t mean I’m doing well.”
Faustão speaks after heart transplant Image: Reproduction/Instagram
Fausto Silva was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) from August 5th to September 1st. First for He was treated for heart failure and underwent dialysis. He also took medication to improve the heart’s pumping capacity, which put him on the priority list. On August 27, the presenter underwent a heart transplant and is now recovering in the hospital.
According to Einstein, the São Paulo State Transplant Center contacted the hospital at dawn on the same day of the operation to find out about the new heart. After assessing the compatibility of the organ, the operation was performed, which lasted about 2 hours and 30 minutes. According to the São Paulo State Transplant Center, that same morning the system located 12 patients who qualified for the transplant. However, Faustão ranked second among priority cases.
“You can ask whatever you want. I’m doing great. For me I would leave tomorrow, I am amazed at my recovery. I have nothing to complain about. I just have a little back pain, it’s a detail compared to everything that’s happened,” he said in an interview with the column yesterday.
Very excited, Faustão only shared the feeling of having a new heart. “I feel like my heart is beating even faster, it’s a unique feeling. They had to remove a lot of debris from inside me and insert a new heart, that of a 35yearold boy. This is something that makes me feel very alive.
When asked what his first thought was after waking up from surgery, Fausto often praises the work of the doctors and makes appeals. “My first thought was: I have to motivate people to donate organs. Brazil must be first in the world. There must be more projects. We need to do something to improve this and think about the next ones. We have to.” Use the belief in donations. If I didn’t have faith, I wouldn’t be alive.”
Yesterday it seemed like I was having a normal day in my life. I sat, walked, talked. It’s absurd to be able to do all that. I just have to thank my doctors and the SUS. All of this is also thanks to the SUS. It’s not because I’m doing well because I have money. Everything I have done is also being done in the SUS and that must be appreciated. It is important that everyone is informed and that will now be my job.
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