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Sep 01 2010 St Louis Missouri Us Owen Stark ‘breathing’ Using His Artificial Lung the Two year old Boy Has Made Medical History After Becoming the Youngest Person in the World to Be Fitted with an Artificial Lung Stark Was a Seemingly Happy Healthy Boy Until He Collapsed During a Family Shopping Trip Paramedics Fought to Keep the Toddler Alive when His Heart Stopped Almost Ten Times As He Was Rushed to Hospital by Air Ambulance the Toddler Was Diagnosed with Pulmonary Artery Hypertension the Condition Which Causes the Heart and Lungs to Rapidly Shut Down is Common in Pensioners but Extremely Rare in Children Affecting Just Ten in Every One Million the Fragile Toddler Needed an Urgent Lung Transplant to Save His Life and Was Put on a Heart lung Bypass Machine As the Frantic Search for a Donor Began credit Image © Caters Newszumapresscom

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Lisa Arneill

Founder of Growing Your Baby and World Traveled Family. Canadian mom of 2 boys, photo addict, lover of bulldogs, and museumgoer. Always looking for our next vacation spot!

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