Spring Grove woman waits for a heart transplant
SPRING GROVE – Alicia Weber feels a bit like a gunslinger.
As the 31-year-old Spring Grove resident waits for heart transplant, she never leaves the house without batteries slung in holsters under each arm and a computer strapped around her waist like a fanny pack.
The device – a left ventricle assist device, or LVAD – does a lot of the work for Weber’s heart. It’s literally her lifeline.
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