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Girl dying of cystic fibrosis receives lung transplant
Fox News ^ | 06/12/2013

Posted on 06/12/2013 11:45:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Edited on 06/12/2013 11:45:54 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Sarah Murnaghan, the 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl dying of cystic fibrosis, is receiving her long-awaited lung transplant.

According to a Facebook post from Sarah

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cf; cysticfibrosis; duplicate; hhs; kathleensebelius; pennsylvania; sarahmurnaghan; sebellius; seebreakingnews; transplant
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For those who don't know or don't remember:

Under the current guidelines for organ donation, children under the age of 12 must wait for pediatric lungs to become available. Adult lungs cannot be offered to children under 12, until they are offered to adults and adolescents first.

The Murnaghans have been in the midst of a legal battle over the established rules for organ donation after they filed a lawsuit last week to have the guidelines changed, arguing the rule keeping Sarah off the list was "discriminatory."

A federal court judge granted a temporary order on June 5 that allowed Sarah to join an adult organ transplant list.

Judge Michael Baylson made his ruling after hearing oral arguments on the case and had scheduled a preliminary injunction hearing for June 14.

Baylson's order told Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to direct the group that manages the organ transplant list to cease application of it in Sarah's case.

Secretary Sebelius declined to intervene in the case early last week, despite urgent pleas from several members of Congress from Pennsylvania. Sebelius said that such decisions should be made by medical experts and noted that there were three other children at Children's Hospital alone in the same condition.

1 posted on 06/12/2013 11:45:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind; Mrs. Don-o; Salvation

This is wonderful news! Prayers for Sarah, the surgical team and her family.


2 posted on 06/12/2013 11:49:13 AM PDT by NYer ( "Run from places of sin as from the plague."--St John Climacus)
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To: SeekAndFind

Miracles happen.. Prayers for the child.


3 posted on 06/12/2013 11:49:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --)
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To: SeekAndFind

Someone died so that this girl and probably others might live. So prayers as well for the caring individual who decided to become an organ donor.


4 posted on 06/12/2013 11:51:45 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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To: NormsRevenge

I have a friend whose 13 year old son has Hepatitis C, received through a transfusion oddly enough. He is therefore ineligible for a liver transplant, so he may well die shortly. I am therefore always surprised to hear about alcoholic Hollywood stars etc. who never seem to have much of a problem getting a transplant.


5 posted on 06/12/2013 11:54:14 AM PDT by golux
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To: golux

ObamaCare will certainly take care of that, or one would hope.

Funny and ironic how the world turns.

Prayers for the kid.. and hire a good lawyer.


6 posted on 06/12/2013 11:56:48 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --)
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To: SeekAndFind
cystic
7 posted on 06/12/2013 11:57:33 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro can't pass E-verify)
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To: SeekAndFind

I grew up next door to two kids who had cystic fibrosis. RIP, my friends.


8 posted on 06/12/2013 12:06:00 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: SeekAndFind

Do we really want judges deciding these things?


9 posted on 06/12/2013 12:06:22 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I grew up next door to two kids who had cystic fibrosis. RIP, my friends.


10 posted on 06/12/2013 12:06:28 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: golux

Right there with you golux on the Hollweird stars & musicians that seem to get priority. Prayers for your friends son.


11 posted on 06/12/2013 12:15:26 PM PDT by rhubarbk (It's official, I'm suffering from Obama fatigue!)
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To: NYer
Because this family had em-bare-assed Obamacare for what it is they should now expect the full force of the administration and it's lapdog media to descend upon them. At the very least a number of IRS audits or even some ‘mistaken’ late night SWATing and all sorts of other things.
12 posted on 06/12/2013 12:15:54 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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To: Izzy Dunne

Not only NO, but Hell NO!


13 posted on 06/12/2013 12:15:57 PM PDT by rhubarbk (It's official, I'm suffering from Obama fatigue!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Under the current guidelines for organ donation, children under the age of 12 must wait for pediatric lungs to become available. Adult lungs cannot be offered to children under 12, until they are offered to adults and adolescents first.”

This sounds like a reasonable policy.


14 posted on 06/12/2013 12:18:19 PM PDT by edcoil (If you can't change the rules, then ignore them.)
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To: fella

At the very least a number of IRS audits

Very probable and they’ll probably advise the parents that since the lungs are a gift, the gift tax applies. The IRS will figure the value of a long life and tax accordingly.


15 posted on 06/12/2013 12:21:30 PM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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You know, I don't wish the girl any harm, it must be terrible for her parents to go thru this.

And I don't trust Sebelious to do anything right.

But I think she was right, here.

Yes, it is discriminatory. Discriminatory is NOT equal to "bad".

I presume the medical folks have reasons for setting the dividing line here.

And I presume it's on medical chances grounds.

If there were no suitable adult recipient candidates around, then by all means, give it to this girl. Somehow, I think that's not the case.

If anyone has any contrary evidence, then lay it on me.

Until then, I think we've opened a Pandora's box of litigation-based decisions, and I for one don't want lawyers and judges involved.

16 posted on 06/12/2013 12:22:57 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Agreed. The process of “shaving” lungs to fit in a smaller body means the transplant is less likely to be a success. The process of preferring older and grown up candidates is reasonable.
I’m going to hate seeing the online pleas and human interest stories of who needs this organ and than, so that they go to whomever is the most photogenic or sympathetic - not the best tissue match or greatest odds of surviving.


17 posted on 06/12/2013 12:32:21 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Izzy Dunne

This rule did not exist until 2005....so this transplant was done on children using adult lungs before

Mark Levin had a lung transplant recipient on his show and he discussed this case

Note that the doctors for this girl said they can use an adult lung for her.

Sebelius just getting her Death Panels ready


18 posted on 06/12/2013 12:36:26 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (Don't Blame Me For La Raza Rubio....I Voted For Alex Snitker)
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To: edcoil

I would think the policy would specify size, not age. Many adults are smaller than some large children.


19 posted on 06/12/2013 12:36:28 PM PDT by eccentric (a.k.a. baldwidow)
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To: NYer

“Prayers for Sarah, the surgical team and her family.”

And up yours, Kathleen Sebelius!


20 posted on 06/12/2013 12:42:18 PM PDT by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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