If there is a such thing as an ordinary heart transplant, this was not it: It marked the first time an HIV positive patient received a heart from an HIV positive donor
The 62-year-old Westchester mom and grandma is enjoying her new lease on life. She overcame addiction, an HIV diagnosis, then organ failure. In the spring of 2022, she needed a new heart and kidney, but because of her HIV status, her chances seemed grim.
That’s when Nieves' team of doctors at Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation made an unprecedented decision: widen the search for a donor to include someone who’s also HIV positive. Within days, Miriam had a match and was on the operating table -- becoming the first HIV-positive patient in the world to receive a heart transplant from an HIV-positive donor.Brittany Newton was a 30-year-old aspiring nurse from Louisiana. Like Nieves, she was living with HIV. When she passed, it seemed unlikely her organs would be used, even though she was an organ donor."I know Brittany had a lot of energy because my family can’t keep up with me anymore.," Nieves said.
"You are a part of our family. Not only because you have the heart but because I just really love you," Breanne Newton told Nieves.
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