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Home > Blog > Power Player – Tatiana Benitez

Power Player – Tatiana Benitez

April 9, 2018

When I was 5 years old, I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, and my only hope of survival was a heart transplant. My case was the first pediatric heart transplant in Paraguay.

The surgery was performed by Dr. Jorge Jarolin at the Bautista Medical Center. Today, I celebrate 10 years with my heart transplant. I live a completely normal life; I play golf and I was the first athlete in Paraguay to receive an organ transplant.

I compete in the main Juvenile category. None of this would be possible without a gesture of love from the family chose organ donation.

Cuando tenía 5 años le diagnosticaron una Miocardiopatía, y mi única esperanza de vida era un trasplante de corazón. Mi caso fue el primer trasplante de corazón pediatrico de Paraguay.

La cirugía estuvo a cargo del doctor Jorge Jarolin en el centro médico Bautista. Hoy tengo 10 años de trasplante, llevo una vida completamente normal, juego al golf y soy la primera deportista trasplantada en Paraguay y compito en la categoría principal Juvenil. Nada de esto iba a ser posible sin gesto de amor de la familia que me donó un corazón

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