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Like Clark before him, Schroeder had entered the hospital suffering from the final stages of cardiomyopathy, a progressive weakening of the heart muscle. While the cause of Clark's condition was unknown, Schroeder's was due to the most common form of heart disease: atherosclerosis, a narrowing of the arteries that chokes off the blood supply to the heart...
...contrast, said Jarvik, Schroeder's surgery was notable for "a great feeling of deliberate, calm progress," making it seem "almost routine." The only difficulty came in removing the diseased heart, which was surrounded by a thick envelope of scar tissue, the legacy of bypass surgery performed less than two years ago. "The scarring made it difficult to identify structures," explained Lansing, who assisted in the operation. "It's like looking through a fog." As a result, instead of taking the usual five minutes, it took half an hour just to extract the organ. Once that was accomplished, DeVries...
...first real drama of the day came about an hour after surgery when Schroeder was suddenly jolted into consciousness and, terrified by all the activity around him, tried to bolt from the bed. Doctors restrained him and increased his sedation. Five hours later they confronted a more serious problem: an alarming amount of fluid was building up in Schroeder's chest cavity and lungs and his skin was turning bluish-gray, a sign that not enough oxygenated blood was being circulated. They rushed him back to the operating room to find that he was hemorrhaging along...
...stunning improvement over Schroeder's condition before surgery. According to Humana doctors, Schroeder has truly cheated death. Without the Sunday-morning implant, he "would not have survived the weekend," says DeVries. "Saturday night, I was very worried...
...until about two years ago, Schroeder had lived a normal and active life. He was a popular figure in Jasper, a tightly knit farming community of 9,900 people, mainly of German-Catholic heritage. His home-a modest, white frame house with yellow plastic flowers hanging on the door-had been his father's before him; Schroeder's two brothers, ten aunts and uncles and numerous cousins all live within ten miles. After graduating from Jasper High School, he spent 15 years in the Air Force, serving as a flight controller, mostly overseas. He returned to Jasper...