patient for whom all other options had run out. on the operating table was 57 year old dave bennett, pictured here with his sun and daughter. when doctors first proposed the pig heart transplant, they thought he was joking but four days on, he is said to be doing well and his doctors sound increasingly optimistic. trite and his doctors sound increasingly o itimistic. ~ ., and his doctors sound increasingly o-timistic. . . ., , optimistic. we have never done this in a human optimistic. we have never done this in a human and optimistic. we have never done this in a human and i d optimistic. we have never done this in a human and i d like optimistic. we have never done this in a human and i d like to optimistic. we have never done this in a human and i d like to think- in a human and i d like to think that we have given him a better option than what continuing his therapy would have been. but whether it s a day, week, month, year, i don t know. it s a day, week, month, year, i d