OT: 2008 Celtics champ Scot Pollard hospitalized

Green89 · Post #1 » by **Green89** » Thu Feb 8, 2024 2:23 am

Upsetting story about how he is now awaiting a heart transplant. I'm hoping he gets one and pulls through.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39480421/ex-nba-player-scot-pollard-waits-hospital-heart-transplant

exculpatory · Post #2 » by **exculpatory** » Thu Feb 8, 2024 2:48 am

Green89 wrote:Upsetting story about how he is now awaiting a heart transplant. I'm hoping he gets one and pulls through.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39480421/ex-nba-player-scot-pollard-waits-hospital-heart-transplant

Probably has this:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326270/

His new heart will be prone to the exact same thing - end stage HFrEF (heart failure w reduced ejection fraction) as a consequence of cardiomyopathy due to viral myocarditis to which he & his family are at genetic risk for.

Green89 · Post #3 » by **Green89** » Thu Feb 8, 2024 2:56 am

I always liked Scot. Shame he got hurt and couldn't contribute more that season, but he was a great locker room guy that year and always full of humor. I enjoyed the weekly show he hosted, Planet Pollard, I think it was called.

Facing a tough road ahead, he still has his humor.

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Post #4 » by **Parliament10** » Thu Feb 8, 2024 5:26 am

Green89 wrote:Upsetting story about how he is now awaiting a heart transplant. I'm hoping he gets one and pulls through.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39480421/ex-nba-player-scot-pollard-waits-hospital-heart-transplant

Wow, that's tough. He's only 48, too.
Man, the articled says his whole family has been afflicted.

Prayers that you get it in time, Brother.

zoyathedestroya · Post #5 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:55 am

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Post #6 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:29 am

Pollard found a donor and has had successful surgery.

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Post #7 » by **Parliament10** » Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:10 am

SuperDeluxe wrote:Pollard found a donor and has had successful surgery.

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Wow.

Amen

Green89 · Post #8 » by **Green89** » Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:37 pm

Excellent news.

Shuttlesworth99 · Post #9 » by **Shuttlesworth99** » Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:26 pm

I hope this encourages everyone to be an organ donor.

It literally saves lives.

If you would accept a transplant, you need to be willing to be a donor.

jfs1000d · Post #10 » by **jfs1000d** » Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:40 pm

Parliament10 wrote:
SuperDeluxe wrote:Pollard found a donor and has had successful surgery.

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Wow.

Amen

So sad she. You think about it. Pollards life is saved, but someone else had to die. It’s a tough thing to deal with mentally for a lot of patients

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zoyathedestroya · Post #11 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:16 pm

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celtxman · Post #12 » by **celtxman** » Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:47 pm

He's fortunate to still be alive. May he have many more years