In science class today we were discussing Animal Rights. It was so interseting, then are teacher told us about a little 1 day old baby named Faye.

When Faye was born her heart wasn't functioning, so at 1 day old, they decided to give her a heart transplant. The docters were trying to think of way way to give a heart to baby Faye because there were no baby hearts that matched her blood type ect. So then a docter came up with the idea of using a chimpanzee heart. The parents had a tough decision, it was ither kill the chimpanzee to save there daughter, or not do anything and Faye wouldn't survive. The parents decided to use the chimpanzee heart. So the docters actually found a chimpanzee with the matching blood types ect. and took it's heart and transplanted it to baby Faye. Baby Faye survived 20 days after the surgery. Because her body rejected the heart, baby Faye passed away.

My Opinion:

I'm on two sides for this..more on the animal side though. Because Faye could have survived and when she was old enough she could have then recieved a human heart. But then there is the poor chimpanzee, who really didn't have a choice. This brought alot of questions in my head.


Whats your opinion