After the successful transplant, the man now carries his artificial heart around in a backpack.
Dailymail revealed that Andrew Jones, from Conneticut, first became unwell in 2012 after struggling to breathe during a run.
He was horrified when two years later he started to cough up blood and developed a high fever.
In hospital, doctors diagnosed the 26-year-old with cardiomyopathy – a hereditary disease of the heart muscle – and soon he became so weak he couldn’t stand, walk or dress himself. Just months later, he was told he can only survive if a transplant was immediately carried out.
However, because there were no organs available, he was fitted with a pacemaker and an artificial heart – which he now carries around in a bag on his back.
Now, he is back to the gym and said he cries after workouts as he feels so ‘thankful to be alive’.
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