Organ Transplant

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20
Mar
2009

5-Year-Old Girl Makes Medical History By Receiving Organs From Both Parents.

Jasmine Mirza recently made medical history after she received a kidney from her mom and a portion of liver from her father.

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11
Aug
2007

Preemie Beats The Odds With Rare Double Lung Transplant

Kali McKellips was born at 24 weeks weighing one and a half pounds. Spending the first few months of her life on a ventillator left her lungs damaged and scarred.
At around 5 months old, Kali’s breathing was getting more difficult. To help her, she underwent surgery to place a “trach” in her [...]

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28
Dec
2006

Baby Sébastien Receives Miracle Transplants

Sébastien Forest was born at 28 weeks gestation with a defect called Gastroschisis.
Gastroschisis is a non-genetic defect in the abdominal wall through which the intestines develop outside of the baby’s body, being exposed to the amniotic fluid in the mother’s womb. It is a very rare defect attaining 1 in 10 000 [...]

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