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WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THIS
DECISION?
>> OH, WE ARE JUST THRILLED OVER
HERE.
WE ARE THRILLED FOR SARAH,
BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN GETTING
SICKER BY THE DAY, AND WE'VE HAD
REALLY TWO ROUGH DAYS HERE.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE STRESSFUL.
NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF HOPE.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE GUY
IN THIS HOSPITAL WHO IS IN THE
SAME -- HE'S NOT QUITE AS SICK,
BUT HE'S 11 YEARS OLD.
AND HE WAS WANTING AND NEEDING A
TRANSPLANT LIKE SARAH, IN THE
SAME POSITION.
NOW THEY'RE SPEAKING WITH HIM
AND HE SHOULD BE GETTING THE
TEN-DAY UNDER 12 EXEMPTION, TOO.
SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING NEWS
OVER HERE.
>> SARAH'S 10 YEARS OLD.
HAVE YOU TOLD HER ABOUT THIS
LATEST DEVELOPMENT?
>> WELL, SHE KNEW A LITTLE BIT,
ABOUT THE RULES, AND HOW PEOPLE
WERE GIVEN ORGANS, AND WE WERE
FIGHTING IT.
SO TODAY SHE HERD THAT THINGS
WENT THE WAY THAT MOM AND DAD
WANTED IT TO GO, SO SHE CHEERED
WITH US.
WAS VERY EXCITED.
SO WE HAD A GOOD MOMENT.
>> SO SHE WAS EXCITED, SHE WAS
HAPPY?
CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE SENSE
OF HOW SHE REACTED, HOW SHE'S
REACTING, HOW SHE'S DOING?
>> SHE'S DOING GOOD.
I MEAN, OVERALL SHE WAS HAVING
AN EXTRA HARD DAY.
HER HEART IS MORE INVOLVED IN
THE PAST TWO DAYS.
SHE HAS PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
THAT'S INCREASING.
THEY DID THINGS WITH HER TODAY
THAT HAVE NOT PUT HER IN THE
BEST OF MOODS.
SO IT WAS SORT OF A HIGH POINT
IN HER DAY, AND SHE SAID WOO
WOO, CHEERING, RAISING HER HANDS
UP AND DOWN.
I HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO OF THAT
THAT I CAN SEND YOU OVER.
BUT IT WAS A VERY EXCITING DAY
HERE.
SARAH'S LUNG SCORES ARE 78.
AND SCORES GO FROM 1 TO 100.
78 PUTS HER IN PROBABLY THE 99th
PERCENTILE.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED TODAY BUT I
WOULD IMAGINE SHE'S NUMBER ONE
IN THE REGION FOR HER BLOOD TYPE
RIGHT NOW.
>> MEDICALLY, WHAT DO THE
DOCTORS SAY ABOUT PUTTING ADULTS
INTO A 10-YEAR-OLD'S BODY?
>> OUR DOCTORS HERE SAY THEY
HAVE JUST AS GOOD OUTCOMES, THAT
THE SURGERY IS MORE COMPLICATED.
BUT IF THE SURGEON KNOWS WHAT
HE'S DOING, THERE'S A GOOD
OUTCOME.
AND THEY'RE VERY CAPABLE OF THIS
TYPE OF SURGERY.
THEIR TWO-YEAR SURVIVAL OUTCOMES
ARE EQUIVALENT.
>> NOW, OBVIOUSLY THE CHANCES
RIGHT NOW OF HER GETTING A LUNG
TRANSPLANT ARE BETTER, BUT BY
HOW MUCH?
GIVE ME AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
NEXT TEN DAYS, HOW MUCH MORE
LIKELY SHE POTENTIALLY COULD
RECEIVE A LUNG TRANSPLANT AS
OPPOSED TO IF SHE WERE STILL
BARRED FROM RECEIVING ADULT
LUNGS?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE WAS NO
CHANCE IN THE NEXT TEN DAYS.
I THINK THERE WAS NO CHANCE.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT A 75%
CHANCE THAT SHE'LL GET LUNGS IN
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS NOW.
>> THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ODDS.
>> YES.
IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
>> 0% VERSUS 75%.
>> WHEN YOU ASSESS PEOPLE BASED
ON HOW SICK THEY ARE, IT MAKES A
LOT OF GOOD SENSE.
GIVE IT TO THE SICKEST PEOPLE
FIRST, AND LET THE PEOPLE WHO
CAN WAIT, WAIT.
THEIR SYSTEM HAS PROVEN THAT FOR
THE OVER 12 SET.
THAT SINCE THEY INSTITUTED THE
SEVERITY FIRST, MORE PEOPLE HAVE
LIVED.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'VE LEFT