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Boston — Scot Pollard, wionship ring with the Boston Celtics in 2008.
It may be killing him now.

Pollard is in critical need of a heart transplant, which is made more challenging by the fact that few donors are able to give him a pump large and powerful enough to deliver blood to his extraordinarily huge frame. He will remain in intensive care at Nashville, Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center until a donor who meets the requirements for size becomes available. He was admitted there on Tuesday.
In an evening text to The Associated Press, Pollard stated, “I’m staying here until I get a heart.” “My heart became feebler. [Medicals] concur that this is my best chance of obtaining a heart more quickly.”

With a playing weight of 260 pounds and a height of about 7 feet, Pollard’s stature excludes most possible donors.

Because so few donors can deliver Pollard a pump large and powerful enough to supply blood to his extra-large body, his already perilous situation—needing a heart transplant—becomes even more challenging. He will stay in intensive care at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, until a donor who is large enough to be a match shows up. He was admitted there on Tuesday.

Pollard texted The Associated Press on Wednesday night, saying, “I’m staying here until I get a heart.” “My heart grew softer. “This is my best chance to obtain a heart more quickly,” the doctors concur.

Pollard’s stature, standing at about seven feet tall and weighing 260 pounds when playing, disqualifies most potential donors.

Following that season, Pollard retired and experimented with acting and television. In the 32nd season of “Survivor,” he competed, and on Day 27, when there were only eight castaways left, he was voted off.

Pollard, 48, had known about the illness at least since his father passed away in the 1990s, but his quality of life wasn’t affected until he became ill three years ago.

“It feels like I’m walking uphill all the time,” he stated over the phone to a reporter, indicating that he could have to end the interview early if he became too exhausted.

Pollard attempted medicine and underwent three ablations, which are operations meant to disrupt the signals that are responsible for his irregular heartbeats. A pacemaker placed about

After retiring following that season, Pollard experimented with acting and television. On Day 27, with just eight castaways left, he was voted off of the 32nd season of “Survivor,” in which he was a competitor.

Pollard (48) has known about the illness at least since the 1990s, when his father passed away, but it wasn’t until he became ill three years ago that it started to negatively impact his life.

When a reporter told him he would have to end the interview early because he was getting fatigued, he remarked, “It feels like I’m walking uphill all the time,” over the phone.

In an effort to disrupt the impulses producing the irregular heartbeats, Pollard has undergone three ablations in addition to taking medication. A pacemaker placed roughly

After that season, Pollard took a break from acting and broadcasting and pursued other interests. When there were just eight castaways left on Day 27, he was voted out of the 32nd season of “Survivor,” where he was a competitor.

It wasn’t until Pollard, 48, fell ill three years ago that the illness started to negatively impact his quality of life, even though he has known about it since his father passed away in the 1990s.

“It feels like I’m walking uphill all the time,” he stated over the phone to a reporter, indicating that he could have to end the interview early if he became too exhausted for it.

Pollard has undergone three ablations—a surgery to try and disrupt the signals producing irregular heartbeats—in addition to taking medication. inserted approximately

Pollard waits till then knowing that the same genes that made him a basketball star, his greatest accomplishment to yet, could also be a determining factor in his demise.

He has been aware of it ever since his father passed away.

“I’ve thought about that my entire life,” he replied. “My family is made up of giants. I have three brothers who are taller than me, and I am the youngest of six children. And everyone is always saying, “Oh my god, I wish I was as tall as you.” Yes? To find out how badly you want to be this tall, let’s go sit on an airplane together.

It’s not as though being tall is a sin. It’s not. It remains a boon. However, I’ve known my entire