- Jones needed a heart transplant, but since he is still on a waiting list, he received a left ventricular assist device
- He didn't have a self-functioning heart, but continued to do his press-ups and other gym routines
- Jones found a matching donor and underwent a heart transplant three years ago
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Andrew ''AJ'' Jones, a professional fitness model from Farmington, Connecticut, was diagnosed in 2012 with a rare medical condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
The condition leaves the heart muscle thickened without any obvious cause.
Jones needed a transplant, but since he was placed on a waiting list, he received a left ventricular assist device, a mechanical pump that transported blood from his lower heart chamber throughout his body just as a heart would.
Without a discernible pulse and a working heart, he relied on an artificial heart, constantly connected to two batteries and a computer that he carried in a backpack wherever he went.
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Although he didn't have a self-functioning heart, Jones continued to do his press-ups and other gym routines even in his hospital ward with gadgets attached to him.
His experience with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy informed his decision to establish his own organisation called Hearts At Large to raise awareness for the need of donors and create a network for those in need of donations.
Jones found a matching donor and underwent a heart transplant three years ago.
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TUKO.co.ke has compiled five best photos of Andrew ''AJ''Jones.
1: Andrew Jones shows off his scars.
2. Jones lifts metals in the gym.
3. Fitness model doing his press-ups.
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4. Jones refusing to be bed-ridden by his conditions doing press-ups in a hospital ward.
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5. Fitness model shares before and now photo to show progress.
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