Record Set for Lung Transplant Recipient

THE 67-YEARS old South Sligo woman who is now the world’s longest living single lung transplant patient will be giving thanks this weekend when she celebrates the 20th anniversary of what was the first ever operation of its kind. On May 18th, 1988, with only days to live, Vera Dwyer, Carrowcrory, Keash, had the history-making surgery in Harefield Hospital, London.

THE 67-YEARS old South Sligo woman who is now the world’s longest living single lung transplant patient will be . . .

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5-year-old marks transplant milestone

Ben was placed on the waiting list for a heart transplant. On the evening of March 23, 2007, his physician reported that a potential donor heart was available. By breakfast the next day, this gravely ill child had a new heart...
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5-year-old receives double lung transplant

A 5-year-old British girl who is the youngest person to ever receive a double lung transplant is flourishing nine months after the operation. Suffering from cystic fibrosis since she was only three months old, Mariam Imran's health had been deteriorating until her record-setting surgery at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, The Daily Mail said Wednesday. Now her parents, who were once told their daughter had only months to live, are happy to watch Mariam play just like any other child. (Science Daily, 9/12/07)

The miracle of life is never out of one's reach and this story just goes to prove once again how even the smallest of God's creatures can realize the gift of life; even when it has never been done before! This girl was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a disease that our family has been working towards a cure for decades now and to hear that a small 5-year old has been blessed with a second chance at life makes our hearts sing.

Please keep this young girl in your prayers as well as the donor family. May she be blessed with all the health and happiness this world has to offer!

Website pairs transplant recipients with potential donors

Richard Cohen figured you could find just about anything you wanted these days, no matter how elusive or obscure, in the quick zip of an Internet search. So, with his health declining and all other options failing him, he typed into . . . [read full article]