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'Bionic man' awaits a beating heart
Dec 10, 2009
Most guys want expensive electronics for Christmas.
Justin Greene has all the electronics he needs. Now he wants something money can’t buy.
A pulse.
But a pulse requires a beating heart. All Greene has is a battery powered implant, called a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, which keeps the 23-year-old Colorado Springs native alive until he gets a donor heart.
