Man's Life Saved by Rare Triple Organ Transplant After Decades of Saving Others

A Lifelong Dedication to Saving Lives

• 🚒 For 40 years, Matt Godby has been an integral part of the Peak Skill Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps, dedicating his life to helping others.
• 💡 He has made it his mission to teach CPR, estimating that he has taught thousands of people this life-saving skill.

A Personal Crisis and a Daughter's Quick Action

• 💔 In a dramatic turn of events, Godby went into cardiac arrest outside his home last summer.
• 👏 His own daughter, who had learned CPR from him, was able to perform the life-saving procedure on him, marking her first time ever doing CPR on someone.

The Need for a Rare Triple Transplant

• ❤️ Godby's existing heart, a transplant from 2002, had begun to fail after 16 years, necessitating a new transplant.
• 🏥 Doctors determined he needed not just a heart, but a heart, liver, and kidney triple organ transplant.

A Groundbreaking Medical Procedure

• 🌟 In January, Godby received the first heart, liver, kidney triple organ transplant performed in New York State at Mount Sinai Hospital.
• 🛠️ The complex 22-hour operation required pre-operative procedures, including the implantation of artificial heart pumps to sustain him.
• 🚀 He experienced a relatively rapid recovery, leaving the hospital in less than a month, which was considered a significant success for such a major procedure.

The Gift of More Time

• 💖 Following Godby's transplant, Mount Sinai successfully performed a second heart, liver, kidney transplant in March.
• 🌍 These rare procedures, with only about 50 performed nationwide in the last 25 years, are a testament to the critical importance of organ donors.
• 🌱 Thanks to his donors, Godby has been given the precious gift of more time to watch his grandkids grow and to return to his beloved volunteer work.