IMPORTANT: As of 8:00 AM on September 3, Temple University Hospital – Main Campus (Broad and Ontario Streets) will no longer provide Labor and Delivery services. All childbirth services will be relocated to our new hospital location.
They may have felt vulnerable. They may have been worried or scared. But when they trusted Temple Heart & Vascular Institute to care for them, we stepped in and gave them hope. They are survivors.
Celebrate the strength and courage of these heart failure survivors. Here are their inspiring messages:
Psalms 124: ‘If it had not been for the lord on my side"
It’s my birthday!
Temple saved my life!
I want to live to see my grandson graduate college.
I now have another chance at life!
Thank you God for this second chance and Temple Heart Team for another gift of life.
I am so happy that this will prolong my life!
How fast I got the heart was impressive! Everyone is so kind and professional, and everyone treated me like a human being! I would highly recommend Temple!
I am happy to be alive and looking forward to getting on the transplant list.
I cannot wait to live my life!
I'm looking forward to the future, living my best life, and honoring the gifts I have received.
I can now live longer and do more!
You’re stronger than you know.
Thanks to my donor, my music will never miss another beat!
'Life ain’t about how hard ya hit... It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. THAT’S HOW WINNING IS DONE’ - Rocky Balboa
Thanks to life, which has given me so much.
I feel great and now I have my life back!
I can’t wait to visit my mom in the Dominican Republic!
I’m happy to have my life back.
I’m living!
So many wonderful, skilled, caring, brilliant people have given me the chance at a new life. I thank them all!
I am eternally grateful to my organ donor and their family for my gift of life, and to all the fantastic Temple doctors, nurses, and assistants. I now have two birthdays!
I am happy to be alive!
The Temple Heart Transplant Team has carried me through the darkest time of my life and given me a second chance. For that, and for the donor, I am eternally grateful.
I am so happy to be able to go shopping and take long walks again without feeling exhausted!
Heart transplant means a new lease on life.
Heart transplant means I get another chance at life. I look forward to taking long walks and spending time with my grandchildren.
If you’re looking for the best, come to Temple and they’ll take care of the rest!
My gratitude runs very deep. I can’t thank you enough.
If you’re looking for the best, come to Temple and they’ll take care of the rest!
I’m most looking forward to quiet nights on the bay watching sunsets and listening to live music with my family.
You guys saved my life!
Praise the Lord and praise the men and women of the medical staff of Temple University Hospital. I deeply appreciate the donor and the medical staff for giving me a second chance at life! You will always be in my thoughts and in my prayers! May God bless you and watch over you all the days of your lives. I love you all!
It’s a new life.
Scary at first but wonderful at the end. A new beginning -- a reborn feeling. I'm ready to take on the world again.
Thank you Temple doctors, nurses, and staff, for saving my life.
Now I have a second chance at life.
I am born again.
My new heart was a Christmas miracle. The love and care I received at Temple, I receive every time I’m here.
This is a second beginning; this is a new chance at life.
A fresh new start in life to keep on going.
I got a beautiful heart.
I feel so blessed to be able to spend more time with my grandchildren!
It’s a miracle to have a second chance at life!
Transplant means everything to me…and I mean everything.
Even in the darkest hour in our lives, a little faith goes a long way. Today my body may have pain but tomorrow will be a better day. Thankful for the team at Temple for giving me another chance to have better days.
I feel better today than I have in years. This is my second chance, and I feel like I’ve won the lottery.
It’s a new lease on life. It’s a whole new start for me.
I’ve got a second chance at doing things right.
Life is good.
The hands and the minds of this team at Temple will give you a second chance at life.
The staff here make me feel like I’m family. I couldn’t have asked for better care.
This is the best hospital and team ever!
No words can explain how grateful I am for the Temple team. I crossed the ocean in search of a cure. Temple has cured me. God bless the Temple team.
I'm very grateful. I have a second chance to live.
I'm grateful — now I can get back to preaching and teaching.
I feel so much better than I did before!
I thank you and bless you all!
My heart (pun intended) is incredibly full with thankfulness and gratitude to the donor, their family, and the doctors, nurses and support staff of Temple University Hospital. Thank you from someone who could never ever say thank you enough.
It hasn't been easy, but I haven't felt this good in years.
Thank you for giving me my life back.
This second chance in life with the gift of my new heart has changed certain views that I might have taken for granted. I now know that I'm graciously happy and thankful to have the chance to live my life after living with my illness for so long. Thank you, Temple!
Temple has given me hope and optimism for an uncertain future.
Having a new heart, it’s a GREAT feeling.
Temple kept me alive and I love my second chance!
A hard time grows in a miracle, as you receive your new heart! With determination and courage, your new heart will settle into a new home.
You cannot lose hope unless you let go of it!
Here is a miracle.
