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"I'm staying here until I get a heart," he says in a text message to The Associated Press.
At nearly 7 feet tall and 260 pounds, Pollard's size rules out most potential donors for a heart to replace the one that has been beating an extra 10,000 times per day.
Pollard was admitted to intensive care at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Tuesday.
Pollard: "I have known my entire life that there's a good chance I wasn't going to get old. It gives you a different perspective on how you live your life and how you treat people" Pollard is the youngest of six and has three brothers that are taller than him.
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