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Hi friends, happy Thursday!
I stumbled upon this wild story around 3am the other day. It's about Claire Sylvia, who faced serious heart issues and underwent a successful heart transplant. However, upon waking up, she suddenly craved beer and Chicken McNugget, things she had never really enjoyed. It turned out her donor, upon investigation, had a deep love for both. The more Claire learned about him, the more she realized she had adopted aspects of his personality. It got me thinking-does this phenomenon occur with every organ transplant? And now they're talking about using pig hearts-will we all start behaving like pigs next? So many questions!
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[@cov-hc2022]

I donated my kidney to my best friend 7 years ago. It was extremely interesting going through the transplant process with her, meeting with so many doctors, psychologists, the anesthesiologist, and the donor advocacy team. She was actually on the waiting list for like 7 or 8 years before I donated my kidney to her. She has to take anti-rejection medicine everyday for the rest of her life, but she is happy and healthy and we are still best friends to this day. I would do it again for her in a heartbeat. Shout out to all the other living donors out here ❤️🙌🏻

[@dawnmartz8483]

❤

[@amandabeck2024]

Yea. Great wholesome story. Except the do it again part. It's physically impossible for you to do it again in a heartbeat or ever again as a living donor.

[@SassySweetheart013]

My brother was pronounced brain-dead in 2020. We donated his organs. Signing that document was the hardest thing to do… to end life support. I’ve never told anyone, but every year I bake a cake to celebrate the recipients on their transplant anniversary. It sounds crazy or morbid, but pieces of him living on in them is what helps me get through. Maybe it is morbid, but he loved cakes and celebrating. I will never know them, but I hope they are healthy and living life to the fullest… craving cake and Mountain Dew.

[@katyredmond]

Not at all! That's incredibly sweet❤❤❤

[@asmokeus]

that's not even remotely morbid, that's beautiful ❤

[@madisonmccann1221]

I love this so much!! Your brother saved lives and is a hero ❤

[@annamalesky4738]

❤❤❤❤

[@MLStockton]

You are amazing ❤

[@esmilove18]

My daughter revived a heart transplant at just 8 weeks old, today she is a thriving spunky 2 year old. Every single day I’m thankful for her donor and their family!

[@taranehahmadi-parker1412]

Hope it all goes well for your daughter 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@Steph_Oliver]

I hope Bailey feels an immense sense of pride when she says things like , "We covered that in the xyz episode....remember?!" Professor Sarian! I've learned so much!

[@ohmyjinki]

If you ever have a makeup line for Dark History, please have gloss shade named “Hot Juicey History Gloss” It rolls off the tongue idk just a thought. I adore you 😭

[@misernia1]

I'd buy that!!!!!

[@tboyjaydee]

tbh me too and I don't even wear makeup. make it black!!!!!

[@Grandmama-Rainey]

I'd buy the whole set!

[@nicoleliotti7421]

Bailey my husband and I watch your show every week on KZbin . I have a pig valve myself . To correct a congenital birth defect . The surgery was done when I was in my early forties and I am 53 today . Here’s to Science! ❣️

[@kristingarrett5325]

Awesome!

[@DragonflyB-tn7pq]

She asks if we’re going to start acting like pigs. Unfortunately, I think for far too many people, pigs would be an upgrade

[@Autumnatum]

Purr

[@natalialin730]

🐽🐽💕

[@musicgirl12357]

At least pigs are smart.

[@dawnthompson8434]

😂

[@YvonneThomasUSA]

[@heatherrenee3029]

I had a kidney transplant. I know my donor. He is allergic to milk, morphin, also loved fish. I never had an issue with milk or morphin til after my transplant, now I am allergic. Also, hated fish and now I love it. My donor is 1/3 Hawaiian 1/3 Japanese and 1/3 white. Also, my hair and eye both got darker.

[@mimijansen3262]

Oh wow!!

[@gracie65girl21]

😮

[@daphnegonzales8970]

Awesomeeeee

[@erinprattmiller3734]

That's wild that you're allergic now. In a cool way. Bless you and your donor.

[@dawnmartz8483]

Oh whoa 😮😳 that's crazy!

[@theLadyjensen]

A girl i was friends with growing up was born with a hole in her heart, she got a transplant when she was 11; it rejected and she got it replaced again when she was 20. Now she’s 24. I pray she never needs to worry about her heart again

[@cartermusic2020]

I pray the same 🙏 ❤

[@wellhowthehellareya]

So if her body rejected the first transplant what did they do about it? Did they get her a new replacement? Sorry I was just confused by the gap in time.

[@kelseystillion4276]

@@wellhowthehellareya that’s usually how it goes! they go back on the transplant list usually very high up and they get a different replacement!

[@brookethomas6927]

I had a heart transplant when I was 10 and that was 16 years ago. It's possible! My father also had one about 11 years ago. Things are progressing quickly with it

[@theLadyjensen]

@@wellhowthehellareya that’s exactly what happened. Her medication that kept her body from rejecting the heart, wasn’t working anymore. Idk how they got her a heart so fast but I’m glad they did

[@bunny_love21]

I received my double lung transplant in 2018 at the age of 22. Many people ask me if I have had any personality changes since then and I always wondered where the idea came from and now I get it. Thanks Bailey!

[@TheIndigo1child]

A DOUBLE lung transplant? Wow. What did it feel like taking your first breath in new lungs? Did it hurt? Do you breathe well now? Feel free to ignore my invasive questions lol

[@asmokeus]

so.......like, _have_ you noticed anything along those lines??

[@DorothySmith-l7o]

That's amazing! You are one tough cookie!

[@osopetty1761]

@@asmokeusfrom what she wrote, she did not have any of those experiences, hence her saying when people would ask her, she always wondered where they got that idea. If she had, she wouldn’t have wondered why they were thinking that, she would have already known what they meant because she went through it. You have to learn how to think critically

[@amandaparchman3556]

So my FIL had a liver transplant the same night that at 17 yearold girl died in a car accident. He was so sick my MIL had started talking to the funeral directors already and it was one of those the hospital called middle of the night situations. They can't be positive but it's very likely this girl was the donor. My FIL didn't have any serious changes but the man is literally a cow boy works on a farm and has always really liked westerns and such okay. He also suddenly really liked bring it on for the actual plot and still watches disney channel teen movies 20 years later and we joke about it being the liver

[@CarnivoreChristina]

😂

[@bri5155]

He sounds adorable! I’ll pray that he has continued health and can watch all the Disney channel he wants! 😍🤣

[@asmokeus]

that's..........actually so precious omfg 😭 glad to know it's serving him well!!

[@girlmama.]

Oh I love this so much 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@amberpritchard5490]

I have a story! My grandfather had stomach/Intestine cancer as a teen, and so when he was 16 (and still living in the Netherlands 🇳🇱) they replaced his stomach and small intestine with a pig stomach and some pif intestine... He cannot eat cooked pork anymore, it makes him violently ill... but he can eat raw pork without a problem! He's been known to eat raw bacon before (and gets banished to the garage to eat it 😅). Pigs are definitely cannibals. And my grandpa is turning 90 next year, and he's still going strong! Cannibal pig guts and all 😅😂🥰

[@asmokeus]

that's...........certainly some knowledge i just learned 😳 i knew pigs had the capacity to eat anything & anyone but.....they can consume their own kind's flesh UNTIL it's been cooked?? how the heck does that work???

[@amberpritchard5490]

@@asmokeus I have no idea! It both fascinates and terrifies me! I think the best part is that my grandpa was a pig farmer 😅🙄😂 I don't know why I find that so funny, I just do 😬

[@JenniferSteil28]

My grandpa got a goat stomach after he got stomach cancer in the 70’s.

[@amberpritchard5490]

@JenniferSteil28 I have never heard of a goat stomach being used, that's really cool!

[@miltoncat]

A friend of mine lost her 19 year old son in a car crash (brain injury). They donated as many organs as possible, thinking that is what he would have wanted. So… his mom is now friends with the woman who received her son’s heart, and got to listen to it with a stethoscope. ❤ My husband destroyed his ACL while skateboarding. He got a donor ACL replacement. All he knows of the donor is he was in his late 20s and had died in a motorcycle accident.

[@CarnivoreChristina]

❤ that story

[@sarafrikinbeara]

I had no idea the ACL was replaceable! I wonder why athletes don't do it more.

[@asmokeus]

​​@@sarafrikinbeara i would imagine it's the kind of thing that allows someone's leg to make _a_ recovery, but not necessarily a full recovery \': i had no idea either, it seems miraculous but it also sounds like it'd be complicated to transplant any kind of ligament, let alone one that's constantly supporting the body's full weight regardless of exertion!

[@theeditor1149]

😢 heartbreaking and beautiful listening to your son's heart beat in someone else. There's a joy in knowing they live on in some way and are still with us but the person themself is still not here.

[@lorifelts6311]

Hey Bailey oh my gosh I'm only 2 minutes into this and I can tell you yes. My husband had a liver transplant and there were things he started doing that he never did before the big joke was selfies . He wanted to take selfies.. he never was a coffee person but for hot minute he wanted coffee and/or ice coffee. Not sure but I am back to your story . I had to chime in quick.

[@krystallynn70]

That’s so crazy cool! I love hearing stories of peoples transplants where they randomly start liking a type of music/food/ or can speak a language they never knew. Has to be something on a cellular or quantum level we will never understand 😂.

[@lothcatskilledthesith6903]

Did anyone else fully believe that the Black Market was an actual market? Like some place down a dark alley that you could just go browse? I was like 30 when it finally clicked for me.

[@ThisIsPodcastSpencer]

I wish it was an actual place, I have no idea where to actually find it 😂😂

[@mrs.elentz2336]

That's funny!!! I feel as though we need to rally around you and protect you at all costs.... like you're very innocent, naive, and wholesome LOL 😂 I don't mean that in a bad way at all!! 😊

[@chrisherriott3273]

My oldest son Brandon had cystic fibrosis. He had a double lung transplant on December 30 2004 at the age of 15. He did well for 2 1/2 years. He was in acute rejection & chose to do an immune therapy instead of another transplant. He was almost 18 years old when he passed away August 16, 2006. Throughout his life, he helped with research for cystic fibrosis. His wish through transplant was to live like a healthy person. He obtained that goal for almost 3 years.

[@amyy801]

That's an amazing story, I'm so sorry for the loss of your brave son ❤❤

[@chrisherriott3273]

@@amyy801 thank you

[@heatherrenee3029]

I am so sorry for your loss. ❤

[@anamarijamihaljevic9048]

so sorry for your loss 💔

[@brittbailey7966]

My stepdad had pig "heart valves". He got them when he was very young. He was one of the first in this country to successfully have the surgery. He passed away about 2 years ago, he was in his late 70s.

[@heatherbrowder340]

My bf had a heart and kidney transplant 2 years ago. I’m also a transplant nurse ☺️. It’s crazy how far medicine has come!

[@RubyOnixx]

That's a cool thing you both can bond over. Just knowing each other seems beneficial to many others in the community. 🫀 May your love be a beautiful and blessed one 🫀

[@ashleyr8132]

I cannot thank you enough for everything you do! I had a liver transplant and the amazing nurses taking care of me made everything so much easier and comforting.

[@HannahGreene-mc4sn]

This is great timing! My oldest brother just received a heart and liver transplant last week

[@dressagegirlkae]

I wish him a speedy recovery!

[@HannahGreene-mc4sn]

@dressagegirlkae thank you 😊 there's honestly been a lot of hurdles for him so far

[@heatherrenee3029]

Speedy recovery and don’t ever let him not take his pills. Better late than not taking them. I had rejection in kidney twice and they have saved it both times.

[@kelseystillion4276]

@@HannahGreene-mc4sn i hope he lives a very long healthy life 🩵

[@violajones1680]

Imagine if you got Caitlin from Ask a Mortician for the death episode

[@asmokeus]

AHHHHHHHH DREAM CROSSOVER 😭💘💀✨

[@MummaNeighbear]

Yes!!! I’d love to see that!! ❤

[@mcjoecylbril6261]

when she said the dark history of the funeral death industrial complex i immediately thought of Caitlin. ppllllleeeeaaassseeee let her be their main source of info for the history

[@drewberriesandcream]

the story of the first heart transplant would make a terrifying horror movie

[@peggymcthompson261]

Our oldest son won’t eat pork. Says “Their to much like folk”.

[@janelrobles6418]

Your brilliant! How do you come up with your ideas on what to talk about? Some I know from your listeners! You keep things real yet funny!

[@victoriamatthews3726]

There is a show called The Marked Heart that actually is similar to this. It’s a 5⭐️

[@natyrojas9808]

@@victoriamatthews3726yes, loved that show.

[@Passionateparties4u]

Loved that show!

[@star455684]

There’s a book called Stiffs: The Curious Life’s of Human Cadavers. It talks all about the use of cadavers through history it was on the reading list in my honors English class years ago and it’s suuuppperrr interesting! So excited to watch Bailey talk about it a bit, was just waiting for the upload ❤❤❤❤

[@monicataylor5529]

Yes yes I did screenshot this so I can search for it later but the way my short term memory set up 🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🙋🏾‍♀️

[@krazyqueenkatie]

I’ve read that book! It’s on my bookshelf!

[@maryanderson8328]

Thank you for the read suggestion! Ordered ❤️

[@kellilambert7570]

A required read in some med schools.

[@asmokeus]

bruh this should've been part of my thanatology class when we went over the diff aspects of the death system!!!!!! my bf also recently introduced me to the book "they went that-a-way" which catalogues the deaths (and their causes) of famous figures throughout history - so far the entry i'm most intrigued by is houdini! he let a guy punch him in the gut, totally unaware that his appendix was about to burst 💀

[@user-ql6ft3el8c]

My friend Susan has a cow valve in her heart and my cousin James had a double lung transplant. To me, they are medical miracles.

[@asmokeus]

how does susan feel about frolicking in the sunshine?

[@catherinesmith2350]

Very sad that my 30 min lunch won't cover this whole video 😢

[@chelsea9493]

Oh same I could probably pop in a earbud but we busy today 😢

[@dressagegirlkae]

To the bathroom!!!!

[@jesusnavarro411]

EarPod love ❤

[@krystallynn70]

Just think once you are off work you have more to listen to on the way home :)

[@dianacastellon9215]

Taking my last bite 2:10

[@ashleyhudson3397]

I had a liver transplant 4 months ago, and i have noticed some minor personality changes.

[@Grace_Zandile97]

Spill the tea

[@ashleyhudson3397]

I am a 40 year old woman, and the only thing i know about the donor is that he was a 67 year old man

[@ashleyhudson3397]

Since then i have been much more conxerned with how the lawn crew mows the lawn haha, but more sereiously, more direct with people, and regimented. But also my dreams be crazy! Not loked i dreamed before.

[@uhdudewhy7980]

Famed musician David Crosby had a liver transplant in 1994. He lived almost another 30 years.

[@ashleyhudson3397]

Lets hope i get at least that, the doctors told me livers can live to be atleast 120years if taken care of, so thats my plan!

[@dianashippentower8579]

There was a lifetime movie starring Jane Seymour as a heart transplant recipient. She received the heart of a young man who was killed in a motorcycle crash. She takes on some of his personality and has visions of his life. Heart of a Stranger. 👍👍

[@dawnmartz8483]

Oh wow 😯

[@YokosukaVictoria]

Okay but a Dark History of the funeral industrial complex, but as a collab with Caitlin Doughty would be rad!

[@asmokeus]

YESSSSSS PLS PLS PLS!!!!!

[@shelbypatty7373]

My brother was on the national transplant list for a kidney for quite some time. The person he ended up getting a kidney from was actually a person who went to the same church as him.

[@flowermom1317]

Random but anyone else miss the Dark history library/ book? 😭

[@jennilynne1977]

I've heard of people craving things that donors liked. Thank you for this Bailey!

[@heatherrenee3029]

Yes, I love fish and sushi now. I also am allergic to things my donor is.

[@jennilynne1977]

@@heatherrenee3029 that's interesting to find out. I hope the allergy(ies) aren't too bad. Take care of yourself. I hope you are having a great day/afternoon/night! Peace ☮️, hugs🤗 and love😘!

[@jessn.2665]

@@heatherrenee3029the allergy thing makes a lot of sense.

[@MsHonduu]

Happy Thursday Early Crew🖤

[@Rach-bw3lv]

Yaaas

[@brittanyphillipps8899]

Hi❤

[@madeleinemetalmusic]

Happy Thursday 🎉❤

[@Leslee_Lane]

Happy DH Day!

[@user-zz1sk7qc8f]

Happy Thursday. Have a great day or night wherever you are

[@TheCharne1]

Dr. Barnard 🇿🇦 The man is a medical legend over here. Has a whole Hospital named after him Cape Town South Africa ☺️

[@sinemalinga7452]

kinda bummed that she didnt mention where he's from

[@abigailshort1597]

⁠@@sinemalinga7452I thought it was missed! Its a huge thing for us South Africans!

[@malumachado4561]

🇿🇦 A few medical firsts 🇿🇦 First "test tube" baby too 😊

[@samanthabarnard2657]

He is my great (x5) grandfather.

[@whklldmrkplr]

I’ve had 2 heart transplants!! I’m really honestly excited to see whatever developments come out to help transplant patients and people on the waiting list❤️❤️

[@jamieoherien9320]

My son hashad his first heart transplant almost a year ago. He is 15.

[@charleycarr9320]

My great grandmother had a pig valve put on her heart but she was always so mean, but we always thought she could never die 😂

[@buffyannfrench3376]

I have a Bovine mitral valve in my heart. I went with natural instead of mechanical due to mechanical has to many side effects that are life threatening. I was told the valve would last about 7-10 yrs . Oct 10, 2016 was when I got my new valve and I'm still going. It saved my life after suffering from Endocardititis that caused MRSA to eat my original valve. St. Judes Hospital is who is in charge of keeping these records B.T.W.

[@PixieCadet]

Im pretty sure my Grandpa's bestie had a pig heart transplant in the mid-eighties Docs said 5 years Roy lived 9 + years ❤❤ big up to Roy Fisher

[@PixieCadet]

Pig valve, human heart

[@annemariemyburgh7252]

Oh really, i asked AI about pic to human heart transplants, snd who lived up to 2years with it,..... and here is what it said, BRACE YOURSELF The term "pic to human heart transplants" seems unclear. If you meant "pig to human heart transplants," as of now, pig-to-human heart transplants are experimental and rare. One notable case occurred in January 2022, when a genetically modified pig heart was transplanted into David Bennett Sr., who lived for about two months post-transplant. Unfortunately, no documented case exists of a recipient living up to nine years after a pig-to-human heart transplant, as these procedures are still in the early stages of clinical trials.

[@nicoley8491]

​@lindseykalt3288 an old friends mother had pig valves in her heart... she had to do another for mechanical many many years later but I don't know if she ever got it done or not... I do know she's still living tho... I couldn't believe it when I was younger!

[@jasonneste]

I had a kidney transplant in June 2022, after being on the waiting list for over 4 years and dialysis for a year. I'm so thankful for my anonymous donor. Thank you for covering this topic.

[@yayna67]

I need a new kidney... hopefully one day 🤞

[@heatherrenee3029]

Sending hugs! ❤ I had one when I was a kid, but it’s getting old, so my I’m in stage 5 again fun fun.

[@Nancy-bx8vx]

My husband needs one too. Sometimes it feels like when one becomes available it will be late. 😢

[@rooooocifer]

This video highlights a very concerning issue that I would love to see Bailey cover. Dead bodies have more autonomy rights than living. The medical world is very dark.

[@SamanthaMacdoBroad]

LITERALLY!!

[@sharenchoate1871]

How so?

[@feliciacooper6263]

I feel so bad for the pigs at that lab.. horrifying. 😢

[@shayalynn]

There really should be laws put in place that at least give some protection to animals 😬

[@cynthismanning6397]

I had some krazy dreams about very specific people and places after my spinal surgery where I received donor vertebrae.

[@sailorarwen6101]

Gotta say, a donor vertebrae is a new one on me. It’s not one you ever hear about. How does one get in a situation where they can receive donor vertebrae?

[@tbc3770]

46:11 You could do forced adoptions and magdalene laundries in Ireland too. They were awful. The government has handled the situation badly and the Catholic Church handled it even worse

[@mermaid_at_heart213]

I thought she already did that, but I guess it was a different KZbinr. Yes, that whole situation was despicable.

[@Monika-bc3dq]

She did do Magdalene Laundries tho. Earlier this year.

[@tbc3770]

@@Monika-bc3dq did she? I must've missed it or forgot I've the memory of a goldfish 🤦🏻‍♀️ it's infuriating what they did

[@kellycrowl8195]

My mother was on the donor list. She had medical issues, and they couldn't use her organs. However, they were able to use her skin to rebuild the chest wall of a woman who had a double mastectomy. I know my mom would be happy to know that she helped someone.

[@memyaccount8213]

Thank you for doing another science-themed dark history!! I love those!!! 🧪 🧬 ✨

[@jessiegowen9020]

You do not have to explain or apologize for not having an episode for a week. We love you anyways!

[@kat-n-crunch5668]

Episode idea: The dark history of movie curses. Think the Omen, The old poltergeist movies, etc.

[@cassandrafurphy857]

My daughter had to have a coarctation repair and they used bovinae tissue. Crazy! Her repair is THANKFULLY growing with her and doing better than expected

[@kerrymckenzie8449]

“ Buckle up it’s about to get weird “ erm…. I expect no less Bailey. I have heard of this before and even -expel who have had dreams about another life that turned out to be the donors life. Loving Thursdays as usual and watching your video. Thank you Bailey you help me escape from my stressful life ❤❤

[@noluthandogibunda3589]

❤️lots of love for Bailey. All the way from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@sharenchoate1871]

Visiting South Aftica is on my bucket list! Blessings!

[@adrianaandrade3605]

I had my kidney transplant in 2021. I was extremely surprised because I started dialysis and had my transplant all in a year and a half. I believe it’s because of my circumstances and insurance which is why I was selected so soon. Anywho, can you do a dark history on antirejection meds??

[@sofiaramie]

Happy Thursday guys!!

[@Emrose93]

I’ll never not love the outfits Paul and Joan wear 😂 I also enjoy the variety of your topics. So interesting.

[@billiejanehoney97]

My dad has a bovine (cow) heart valve in him as we speak. Saved his life in a manner of speaking. Science is truly amazing ❤

[@taylorcornell655]

I’m just now realizing how deeply Elvira “movie macabre” coded the set up is😭 I LIVE for it. I LOVE it!!!🖤🖤🖤

[@anniemae4540]

I recently found out that one of the crew members of the Challenger was a cousin of mine through one of those ancestral DNA services. I never met him and was very young when this happened, but whenever I hear about it now it just hits me in a weird way knowing that one of my relatives died that way basically in front of the whole world.

[@sincerelyanonymousox]

i love having your voice on in the background. it soothes me as i deal with a lot of insomnia n anxiety

[@4jimmycurtis]

I’m a nurse and when you say medical terms like ECMO, I get so excited! Lol

[@seek_to_understand_]

Bailey is a work of art. She’s so beautiful! She’s a real-life sculpture from the Louvre. In the most art-perspective possible, she just looks incredible. I’m so proud of her

[@stormy_rae6364]

As an avid hiker, huntress, and camper these creatures are remarkable and beautiful to behold. I am blessed having had the opportunities I have had in the past.

[@karrissmzajade559]

My dad was on the heart transplant list and he was never able to get one before he died. However, our neighbor got two liver transplants in five years.

[@fcbceleste6204]

Hearts are a lot more rare to find than livers

[@karrissmzajade559]

@@fcbceleste6204 they really are harder to find.

[@csailer2353]

Unfortunately, a heart transplant is one of the most difficult transplants to do, with the highest rate of failure. I’m sorry your dad never got his chance at a new heart. Liver transplants on the other hand, are one of the easiest. One donor’s liver can go to several transplantees, since I believe only one lobe (or less) is needed to be able to transplant, and they will regenerate the rest.

[@karrissmzajade559]

@@csailer2353 thank you. I completely understand the difference it just amazes me how different transplants work, and how far we really haven't gotten with them.

[@veronicarocha3228]

I know how you feel my daddy was on the list too he passed away November 10,1995 he was only 53. Here in Cotulla we found out a well known alcoholic got a liver transplant*;0(

[@shanaebooth6715]

Bailey can we please do an episode on Ivan Milat from Australia?? If you haven’t heard of him, it’d be an episode like no other .. This one will keep you up at night !

[@jonathansimonbeek-roussia8943]

You Make Dark History The Most Entertaining And Interesting

[@brittlemons1]

2 years ago I got falsely diagnosed with liver cirrhosis. I cried hysterically because my brain instantly went to “I will never get a transplant”. I thought I had 10 or less years to live. I was 27 when I was wrongly diagnosed. My heart aches for people on the transplant list because if they feel even half of what I did, it’s just so tragic. Anyone who needs a transplant, you are in my thoughts and prayers ❤

[@MastermanifestorE]

My dad needed one… never got it.

[@brittlemons1]

@@MastermanifestorE I’m so sorry 😞

[@theeditor1149]

Shout out to South Africa 🇿🇦 but Bailey, you didn't mention the kind-of-dark history of the world's first heart transplant in South Africa: Dr Christiaan Barnard became a legend, an overnight international superstar whose fame was almost on Beatlemania level, but in the past few decades it's been claimed he was helped in the procedure by a black man who was his lab assistant, Hamilton Naki. This was during apartheid, and many believed the story was hidden and he wasn't given credit because of the ruling oppressive racist government. The conspiracy theory was debunked, there is no proof he conducted the procedure or was even there at the time, and he himself never said he was involved at all, and it would have been illegal and unethical to allow an unqualified person to carry out such a huge and risky procedure. But he did play a critical role in helping Dr Barnard understand and perfect the procedure, assisting with practice transplants on animals for years in preparation for human transplants, and his knowledge of anatomy and surgical skills were lauded by other surgeons, but he never got his dues because he was a black man living under apartheid. He wasn't even allowed to study to become a surgeon because of these racist apartheid laws. Cape Town has the Dr Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, and a square is named after Hamilton Naki for his contribution to the medical field.

[@roccosdaddy]

Thank you for this episode! My dad waited six years for a kidney and the process can be quite something. He is five years post transplant now🎉 thanks to our donor family's decision to donate life. 💙💚

[@meghannblack6384]

My grandmother gave my mom half of a pancreas and a kidney in late 80s early 90s 13:48

[@austinnorris3209]

PLEASE READ!! 😅😅 So I have waited 10 years to get a kidney transplant and going through treatments listening and watching your channel always made me feel calm and at ease, plus I always learned something new! You always gave me something to look forward to every week on those worst days of my life I finally received a transplant a year and a half ago and I’m doing great now. Thank you so much for helping me block out the bad days in my life and tune into something that’s always interesting! LOVE YOU!!❤

[@DetWheresmycoffee-smh]

Thursday night in South Africa is amazing 👏 ❤

[@oliviajacobs7861]

I agree. SA all the way

[@cotylott264]

You should do a dark history episode on bonnie and clyde.

[@LaureeJackson]

It’s Friday in Australia, love you Bailey thankyou for yet another great video, you made my Friday.

[@kenziearmstrong566]

Looooveeee how Bailey tells a story so much love MM&M and dark history sm ❤

[@jessiestoss2687]

Love you and your channel, Bailey! This was an awesome topic for Dark History! I just got to the part about chimpanzees and the type A and type O blood types. I have a suggestion for a future video or just a cool and interesting rabbit hole you can research for fun. Blood Types, but people of the Rh- variety. I am an Rh- woman, and though I have looked into where this rare genetic anomaly comes from... Scientists still aren't 100% certain where the Rh Negative blood type came from. My dad has the rarest blood type. O-... Out of five children, I am the only child that ended up with Rh- blood! I'm A-... I find this topic fascinating, and there are a lot of people who are interested in this very subject. Take care! Can't wait to catch your next video! ❤

[@charlibeanie4144]

My sister has a bovine heart valve - it made for great teasing material growing up 😅

[@charlibeanie4144]

No cow related symptoms either 😅

[@oliviajacobs7861]

Loving this dark history weekend. I know we have had a dark history about Disney princess stories...which I love. But have you ever done a dark history on pocahontas. Thanks Bailey you are always amazing 🎉

[@sarawilliams7999]

So excited for next week! I'm an embalmer and my sister is a funeral director. This should be interesting 😊 Thank you for all you do! Love you!

[@debradavitt5457]

My ex had the same weird cravings he hadn't ever tried before thinking I'm in the army 😂! Well my ex hubby kidney transplant , went well but three days after was weird 😂😂😂, but we blamed the meds 🎉🎉🎉

[@elliescharpnick9175]

i work at the transplant unit at the hospital she’s talking about lol i promise all our organs now come with unos ids 😂

[@sarahfrith1984]

It’s a common joke here in the uk that we say “I’d have to sell a kidney” if something is really expensive 😂🙈

[@aeri_el9263]

I'm pretty sure that's international joke, at least definitely used in my country too 🇵🇱

[@tracybuxton4099]

That's so true😂😂😂

[@monicataylor5529]

Same lol

[@yayna67]

People say that in US as well as "It costs an arm and a leg" lol

[@mickey4416]

My Aunt has been on the transplant list for 23 years. She was called about a kidney turned out to be diseased so got her hopes up. Happened 2 more times unfortunately. She was removed from the list after a surgery she had so that really did a number on her

[@The_ThirteenthGhost]

This is a topic that isn't really discussed so I'm glad you covered it Bailey! I love all of your videos you're the best tea giver ever.

[@smeghead3835]

Why do I smile when bailey says buckle up it's gonna get a little weird? Lol

[@maisydaze9]

My guinea pig and I never miss an episode! ✌🏻🌺

[@danielleguerrette8641]

Hey Bailey!! I’m such a huge fan, I can’t take a shower without listening to your videos!! Can you please do a dark history of bottled water?? I have so many random ideas that I’d love to see you do a video on

[@Iywbdkr]

Great video, and thank you for sharing Larry's story too, gives hope to people.

[@christydee2527]

I’m so grateful for the history and the learning. I’ve had kidney failure for 26 years and am on my second Kidney Transplant. Their work has saved so many of our lives

[@manuelmejia4481]

Thankyou For Everything you Do Much Respect From Anaheim California

[@relaxedandreleased6204]

In 2020… while looking for makeup tutorials I stumbled across your videos and I’ve never turned back!!! You educate me in the ways public schools never could. 🥰 Thanks girl!!!!

[@TaffyLeeFubbins]

Saw the title and immediately thought of Kramer and the PigMan

[@ayaemam]

@Bailey what is your lipstick shade , i love it , can you put your makeup in the description as well. I love your looks and your story telling

[@SolielB]

Can't wait for the funeral video

[@bellataraborrelli6364]

I don’t know about entire pig hearts but I do know this girl that goes to these therapy groups I go to had open heart surgery and they replaced her heart valve or something with a pig heart valve. Crazy didn’t know they did that

[@mariewhoo7616]

JUST in time. Did my lunch break!

[@SKRsoul]

The heart is fascinating. You’d think it only pumps blood, but it’s amazing how much of a person’s feelings and love for things are embedded within it. How these additional feelings pass on in a transplant is absolutely incredible.

[@tinishaturner966]

Oh, an episode about death! Yea, I work in the morgue, so I feel normal when there are other people talking about it! 😅

[@sim0nlewis]

5 sponsored ads in a 45 minute video is INSANE

[@maryburgess7443]

As someone who just jumped through Al those hoops and just got on the transplant list, I love this episode!!

[@MariemMary-vd6ti]

love u bailey,hope u read this comment,i'm a big fan❤❤❤

[@BetsiRomero]

This is insane! Been watching these videos throughout my hospital stay and keep getting surprised by facts that I wouldn't have otherwise learned about. Thank you so much for sharing such entertaining content. Definitely makes my admission much more tolerable 🖤

[@mermaid_at_heart213]

I hope you have a speedy recovery ❤

[@BetsiRomero]

@@mermaid_at_heart213 Thank you so dearly much 🖤

[@Just-be-N-honest]

Yay! I’m first. Love ❤u Bailey

[@starryadventure8922]

I'm really sorry for people who don't get transplants. I was on the list to help, but when I got lupus, they said I couldn't help anymore 😢