A man who is fighting for his life at a Boston hospital is no longer eligible for a heart transplant because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19, reports CBS Boston. According to the family members, DJ Furguson was once on the list to receive a heart at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, but due to his vaccination status, he has been removed.
According to his father, DJ does not believe in the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“It’s kind of against his basic principles, he doesn’t believe in it. It’s a policy they are enforcing and so because he won’t get the shot, they took him off the list of a heart transplant. My son has gone to the edge of death to stick to his guns and he’s been pushed to the limit.”
Ferguson, a father-of-two with a third on the way, may be moved to another hospital by his family, but his father fears that he is too weak to be relocated.
“We are aggressively pursuing all options, but we are running out of time. I think my boy is fighting pretty damn courageously and he has integrity and principles he really believes in and that makes me respect him all the more.
It’s his body. It’s his choice.”
A GoFundMe for Furguson that was launched upon his hospitalization has reached over $49,000. DJ’s wife Amanda posted an update on the page, writing:
“My husband went through all the testing to be put on the transplant list and passed with flying colors since he’s young and healthy aside from the heart failure. With that being said he was accepted to be a candidate for a heart transplant.
The vaccine typically causes swelling in the heart (usually temporary for most people no big deal right?) But in DJ’s case, he can NOT afford for his heart to swell any more than it already is right now. He is at an extremely high risk of sudden death if it does.
We are devastated. We can’t even process this. I haven’t even found the courage to sit down with my son and explain what is happening to his father. I can not even start to describe the pain we are all going through.”
A video report on the case by WCVB:
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