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Lung transplant with 2 living donors

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welshwitch

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Hopefully I won't have to have a transplant for a long, long time (or ever) but i was surfin' the net for kicks and i stumbled upon a website of a girl who had a double lung transplant by two donor lungs of PEOPLE SHE KNEW!

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.olivija.com/melissa/pics1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.olivija.com/melissa/&h=593&w=429&sz=43&hl=en&start=25&tbnid=qjJ6Ia869wCJKM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcf%2Blungs%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
">http://images.google.com/imgre...20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
</a>
She basically had her uncle and a guy named Jerry both donate a lung.

This concept completely blow my mind--first of all, not having to wait for someone to die to get lungs, and second, having the donors not only survive the lung-removal surgery but be around to hang out afterwards!

Is this a new thing? The website is dated from 2000. I wonder where this lady is now.
 
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welshwitch

Guest
Hopefully I won't have to have a transplant for a long, long time (or ever) but i was surfin' the net for kicks and i stumbled upon a website of a girl who had a double lung transplant by two donor lungs of PEOPLE SHE KNEW!

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.olivija.com/melissa/pics1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.olivija.com/melissa/&h=593&w=429&sz=43&hl=en&start=25&tbnid=qjJ6Ia869wCJKM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcf%2Blungs%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
">http://images.google.com/imgre...20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
</a>
She basically had her uncle and a guy named Jerry both donate a lung.

This concept completely blow my mind--first of all, not having to wait for someone to die to get lungs, and second, having the donors not only survive the lung-removal surgery but be around to hang out afterwards!

Is this a new thing? The website is dated from 2000. I wonder where this lady is now.
 
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welshwitch

Guest
Hopefully I won't have to have a transplant for a long, long time (or ever) but i was surfin' the net for kicks and i stumbled upon a website of a girl who had a double lung transplant by two donor lungs of PEOPLE SHE KNEW!

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.olivija.com/melissa/pics1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.olivija.com/melissa/&h=593&w=429&sz=43&hl=en&start=25&tbnid=qjJ6Ia869wCJKM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcf%2Blungs%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
">http://images.google.com/imgre...20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
</a>
She basically had her uncle and a guy named Jerry both donate a lung.

This concept completely blow my mind--first of all, not having to wait for someone to die to get lungs, and second, having the donors not only survive the lung-removal surgery but be around to hang out afterwards!

Is this a new thing? The website is dated from 2000. I wonder where this lady is now.
 
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welshwitch

Guest
Hopefully I won't have to have a transplant for a long, long time (or ever) but i was surfin' the net for kicks and i stumbled upon a website of a girl who had a double lung transplant by two donor lungs of PEOPLE SHE KNEW!

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.olivija.com/melissa/pics1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.olivija.com/melissa/&h=593&w=429&sz=43&hl=en&start=25&tbnid=qjJ6Ia869wCJKM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcf%2Blungs%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
">http://images.google.com/imgre...20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
</a>
She basically had her uncle and a guy named Jerry both donate a lung.

This concept completely blow my mind--first of all, not having to wait for someone to die to get lungs, and second, having the donors not only survive the lung-removal surgery but be around to hang out afterwards!

Is this a new thing? The website is dated from 2000. I wonder where this lady is now.
 
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welshwitch

Guest
Hopefully I won't have to have a transplant for a long, long time (or ever) but i was surfin' the net for kicks and i stumbled upon a website of a girl who had a double lung transplant by two donor lungs of PEOPLE SHE KNEW!
<br />
<br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.olivija.com/melissa/pics1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.olivija.com/melissa/&h=593&w=429&sz=43&hl=en&start=25&tbnid=qjJ6Ia869wCJKM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcf%2Blungs%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
">http://images.google.com/imgre...20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
</a><br />
<br />She basically had her uncle and a guy named Jerry both donate a lung.
<br />
<br />This concept completely blow my mind--first of all, not having to wait for someone to die to get lungs, and second, having the donors not only survive the lung-removal surgery but be around to hang out afterwards!
<br />
<br />Is this a new thing? The website is dated from 2000. I wonder where this lady is now.
 
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JazzysMom

New member
IT is not a new thing, but it is less common. My sister had a Supervisor whose son received both full lungs from someone who died & when he went into complete rejection, he received lobes from living donors.

Sadly by this point his body just couldnt bounce back. It is amazing what they do tho.
 
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JazzysMom

New member
IT is not a new thing, but it is less common. My sister had a Supervisor whose son received both full lungs from someone who died & when he went into complete rejection, he received lobes from living donors.

Sadly by this point his body just couldnt bounce back. It is amazing what they do tho.
 
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JazzysMom

New member
IT is not a new thing, but it is less common. My sister had a Supervisor whose son received both full lungs from someone who died & when he went into complete rejection, he received lobes from living donors.

Sadly by this point his body just couldnt bounce back. It is amazing what they do tho.
 
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JazzysMom

New member
IT is not a new thing, but it is less common. My sister had a Supervisor whose son received both full lungs from someone who died & when he went into complete rejection, he received lobes from living donors.

Sadly by this point his body just couldnt bounce back. It is amazing what they do tho.
 
J

JazzysMom

New member
IT is not a new thing, but it is less common. My sister had a Supervisor whose son received both full lungs from someone who died & when he went into complete rejection, he received lobes from living donors.
<br />
<br />Sadly by this point his body just couldnt bounce back. It is amazing what they do tho.
 
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welshwitch

Guest
hm...so then, (forgive me if this is a really dumb question) why aren't we all scouting for potential donors, like, NOW to be on standby if things start to go downhill and we need new lungs?
 
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welshwitch

Guest
hm...so then, (forgive me if this is a really dumb question) why aren't we all scouting for potential donors, like, NOW to be on standby if things start to go downhill and we need new lungs?
 
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welshwitch

Guest
hm...so then, (forgive me if this is a really dumb question) why aren't we all scouting for potential donors, like, NOW to be on standby if things start to go downhill and we need new lungs?
 
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welshwitch

Guest
hm...so then, (forgive me if this is a really dumb question) why aren't we all scouting for potential donors, like, NOW to be on standby if things start to go downhill and we need new lungs?
 
W

welshwitch

Guest
hm...so then, (forgive me if this is a really dumb question) why aren't we all scouting for potential donors, like, NOW to be on standby if things start to go downhill and we need new lungs?
 
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