From Total Artificial Heart to organ transplants

Local man who had Total Artificial Heart gets organ transplant surgery

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Wed., May 18, 2022

Greg Soumokil pets his dog Duchess in his home shop Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at his Spokane Valley home. He was the first heart patient to leave Sacred Heart and live at home with an artificial heart while he waited for a transplant of a heart and a kidney and has spent his time at home and in recovery doing crafts in his tiny shop. Now on the mend after organ transplants this past fall, he hopes to keep busy with his crafts and check off some of his bucket list items, which include boating and traveling.

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Greg Soumokil, the first heart patient to leave Sacred Heart and live at home with an artificial heart while he waited for a transplant of a heart and a kidney, has spent time recently at home and in recovery doing crafts in his tiny home shop. Now on the mend after organ transplants this past fall, he hopes to keep busy and check off some of his bucket list items that include boating and traveling.

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Greg Soumokil, the first heart patient to leave Sacred Heart and live at home with an artificial heart while he waited for a transplant of a heart and a kidney, has spent his time at home and in recovery doing crafts in his tiny home shop. Now on the mend after organ transplants this past fall, he hopes to keep busy and check off some of his bucket list items that include boating and traveling.

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Greg Soumokil, the first heart patient to leave Sacred Heart and live at home with an artificial heart while he waited for a transplant of a heart and a kidney, has spent his time recently at home and in recovery doing crafts in his tiny home shop. Now on the mend after organ transplants this past fall, he hopes to keep busy with crafting and check off some of his bucket list items, which includes boating and traveling.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Greg Soumokil, the first heart patient to leave Sacred Heart and live at home with an artificial heart while he waited for a transplant of a heart and a kidney, has spent time recently at home and in recovery doing crafts, which included making jewelry from shed elk and deer antlers he found in the woods. Soumokil was an avid elk hunter before his heart problems and hopes to do it again once he's recovered from organ transplants this past fall.

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