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>> HELLO, CUTIE PIE.
COME HERE, COME HERE.
ISN'T SHE PRECIOUS?
>> THE MAJORITY OF PATIENTS ARE GOING TO COME BACK IN THE FIRST
MONTH AFTER SURGERY.
TYPICALLY GET, YOU KNOW, A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION,
MAY OR MAY NOT GET A CHEST X-RAY.
AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THEM COME BACK AT USUALLY AT SIX MONTHS
TO A YEAR.
>> OH, WHAT A GOOD LOOKING KID.
>> ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT OPERATING ON CCAM IS THAT YOU
ARE OPERATING ON A BABY THAT HAS TREMENDOUS RECUPERATIVE POWERS
AND REGENERATIVE POWERS.
>> YOU GET COMPENSATORY LUNG GROWTH UP UNTIL ABOUT AGE 6 TO 8.
>> SO IF YOU TAKE OUT ONE OF THE LOBES,
THE OTHER LOBES ON THAT SIDE OF THE CHEST WILL GROW
IN A COMPENSATORY WAY AND ACTUALLY FILL THE CHEST
AND YOU END UP WITH TWO REALLY NORMAL-SIZE LUNGS.
>> THE CHILDREN--THEY RECOVER SO MUCH FASTER THAN THE PARENTS DO.
>> YOU LOOK AT ELLIE TODAY.
SHE'S GOING TO BE 3 YEARS OLD.
AND THE CARE AND THE LOVE AND SUPPORT SHE HAD HERE WAS UNMATCHED.
NOT FROM US FROM THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES AROUND.
AND SO, YEAH, WE FEEL INCREDIBLY BLESSED AND INCREDIBLY LUCKY
FOR EVERY DAY WE LOOK AT HER AND EVERY DAY THAT WE KNOW WE CAME
HERE AND SHE'S OKAY.