NY firefighter receives life-saving heart transplant in time to celebrate Father's Day

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NY firefighter receives life-saving heart transplant in time to celebrate Father's Day
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A Suffolk County firefighter will get to celebrate this Father's Day without the fear of whether he'll make it to the next holiday after receiving a life-saving heart transplant.

NEW YORK CITY -- A New York firefighter will get to celebrate this Father's Day without the fear of whether he'll make it to the next holiday after receiving a life-saving heart transplant.

Leavey went on disability in 2019 and doctors put him on an LVAD, a pump that keeps the heart working until a transplant can be done. Last August, Leavey began treatment at Mount Sinai Hospital and was an inpatient for more than 70 days waiting for a heart transplant.Doctors got the call in November and successfully performed the procedure.

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