NBA winner and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard has had a heart transplant, his wife stated on social media on Friday night time.
“Scot has a new heart!” Dawn Pollard posted on X, formerly recognized as Twitter. “Surgery went well and I have been informed the heart is significant, impressive and is a best suit! Now on to the vital part of recovery. Thank you to absolutely everyone for the continued prayers and help, but most of all, deepest many thanks to the donor, our hero.”
Pollard, who turned 49 on Monday, essential a transplant because of harm to his coronary heart from a virus he caught in 2021 that probable activated a genetic problem he has identified about due to the fact it killed his father at 54, when Scot was 16. Pollard’s sizing difficult attempts to discover a donor with a coronary heart massive plenty of to in shape his 6-foot-11, 260-pound physique.
Earlier Friday, Dawn Pollard posted that a heart experienced been found.
“It’s go time!” she posted on X. “Please maintain the prayers coming for Scot, the surgeons, for the donor and his relatives who lost their cherished 1. This donor gave the most wonderful reward of life and we are endlessly grateful.”
A 1997 1st-round draft choose soon after serving to Kansas reach the NCAA Sweet 16 in four straight seasons, Pollard was a handy significant guy off the bench for a great deal of an NBA career that stretched above 11 yrs and five teams. He played 55 seconds in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ vacation to the NBA Finals in 2007, and received it all the pursuing 12 months with the Celtics in spite of a period-ending ankle harm in February.
Pollard retired right after that period, then dabbled in broadcasting and performing. He was a contestant on the 32nd time of “Survivor,” in which he was voted out on Working day 27 with eight castaways remaining.
Pollard went community with his condition very last thirty day period commenced the method of listing himself at transplant facilities. He was admitted to intensive care at Vanderbilt College Professional medical Centre on Feb. 7.
“I’m keeping listed here until eventually I get a heart,” he claimed in a textual content concept to The Connected Press from his Nashville, Tennessee, clinic home. “My heart acquired weaker. (Medical practitioners) agree this is my ideal shot at having a heart faster.”
