After the second operation when the patient received a human heart transplant, his old diseased heart and the Novacor lie side by side after being removed from his body.
Bodden was near death and was not strong enough for a transplant. The artificial heart would make him strong enough to undergo transplant of a human heart.
When the Jarvic artificial heart fell out of favor because of its unreliability, doctors began to use a new device, the Novacor heart. One of the first patients in the world, Ashby Bodden was nervous before surgery.
Nervous before working her first case, Natalie was about to meet the other attornies involved in the proceeding. Months of preparation and hope were now a reality.