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Autism, Health, Heart transplantation, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Organ transplantation, Paul, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Health System
This is the following story excerpt from Change.org
My son, Paul, will die without a heart transplant. But the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania refuses to put him on the transplant list — because he’s autistic.
Paul is only 23, and he’s amazing. He was diagnosed with a deadly heart condition four years ago, but he battles through it with a smile. He’s smart and creative — we just self-published a story he wrote, and he’s working on a sequel. He loves his nephews. And the whole family loves him.
I don’t know how to tell my son that his doctors refuse to give him the operation that could save his life.
My son will die without a heart transplant, but the hospital says he can’t have one — because he’s autistic. |
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