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Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
@AG_EM33
EM-ICU physician 🚑 w/ a heart transplant | assoc med director | loves: health ed, writing, photog, advocacy, mysteries | co-host @bsotstethoscope 🩺
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
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    Feb 18, 2020
    I had to get an urgent ❤️ transplant in the middle of #residency (last yr at age 30). I started a #blog on post-op day 7 🤪 & I update it every 2-4 weeks. Been a crazy ride ever since. THANK YOU for all of your support! #donatelife #hearttransplant
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
    @AG_EM33
    May 3, 2019
    My donor was a young girl who was very caring & had many hobbies. She loved school & was gonna do big things w her life. She seemed pretty freaking awesome. A beautiful soul. Admired by all. I’ll put this 💚 to good use, babe. Thank you from the bottom of ... our heart.
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
    @AG_EM33
    Aug 9, 2022
    In 2019, I was a CVICU patient in cardiogenic shock due to fam cardiomyopathy. Had to get a heart transplant! This week, I’m a doctor in a CVICU. Got my Crit Care Medicine #fellowship diploma, & have a few shifts left. 🥹 Huge thank you to my #organdonor for this. #donatelife
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
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    Jul 15, 2019
    Jan 15 2019 vs July 15 2019 And that’s how you do it, folks. #donatelife #hearttransplant #icusurvivor #doctorpatient
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
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    Dec 18, 2022
    Four years ago, I spent the holidays intubated in an ICU with a sudden diagnosis of cardiogenic shock due to heart failure. Today, I thank my organ donor, Lucy, for giving me this #giftoflife ♻️ through heart transplantation. #thankyou #organdonation
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
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    Apr 15, 2022
    Didn’t think migraines could actually be associated w weather changes until I started recording when I was getting migraines 😒 anyone else have migraines right before a storm/with humidity?
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
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    Oct 8, 2020
    Over 1 yr, I have gotten to know more & more abt my organ donor. So, meet Lucy. She was in her early 20s, in the process of becoming a resp therapist, when she suddenly passed away. Her mom says that she’d always wanted to save lives. She saved 4 of us. TY for the #giftoflife.
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
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    Jan 14, 2021
    2 yrs ago tonight, I was laying in an uncomfortable ICU bed in end stage HF. Then I got a special call. Lucy was loved by all. She ♥️ riding horses & had hopes of becoming a resp therapist. She wanted to save lives. And she sure did. TY for the gift of life. Rest In Peace.
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
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    Oct 23, 2021
    An EF of 5% almost (!!) 3 years ago vs now, post-transplant. A photographic representation of “perfusion matters.” #heartfailureawareness
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
    @AG_EM33
    Jan 15, 2022
    Three years with Lucy’s heart. Thank you 🙏 for the gift of organ donation. Thank you for your support. And most of all, thank you to the Reff family. #medtwitter #transplanttwitter #heartfailure
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
    @AG_EM33
    Jan 15, 2023
    Today is my FOURTH HEARTIVERSARY! To celebrate, my surveillance echo has finally been approved by my insurance company. 🤣 Glad they get it. 🫶 Thanks to my organ donor, Lucy, for these bonus years! Thx to all of you for being so wonderful! Life is short— enjoy it.
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
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    Dec 26, 2019
    Christmas 2018 vs Christmas 2019. Both spent at the hospital. Similar but different. #DoctorPatient Docs, nurses, PAs, medics, all of you: thank you for everything that you do & for sacrificing so much to work this week. You are so, so appreciated. ❤️ Happy Holidays!
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
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    Jan 28, 2022
    If they’re outraged about the COVID vaccine being required, wait til they find out how many other vaccines are required. #transplanttwitter
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    Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
    @AG_EM33
    Dec 8, 2022
    Life is just ACLS recerts every two years until you die