VENTILATORS IN THE COVID-19 INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, A RARE DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT. THEIR ONLY HOPE. KEY. ON TO A GOOD PLACE. PEOPLE TOOK CARE OF ME. SAFETY TAMIR. A MIRACLE INDEED ENGINEER BY AN EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL TEAM LED BY DOCTOR ANKIT BARACK YOU KNOW WE HAVE ONLY ABOUT 6 HOURS TO PUT THE LONG THIN. SO THAT INCLUDES TAKING IT OUT OF THE HUMAN BODY FROM THE DONOR. PACKAGING IT TRANSPORTING TO COMING TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FLYING TO MAKE THEY COMING HERE TAKING OLD ONES OUT. HAS TO BE DONE WITHIN 6 HOURS IT’S A VERY TENSE ENVIRONMENT, THE SURGICAL DIRECTOR OF NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE’S LONG TRANSPLANT PROGRAM DESCRIBING THE MANY CHALLENGES WHEN IT CAME TO A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT.

ON A PAIR OF TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS WHOSE LUNGS WERE VIRTUALLY DESTROYED BY THE COVID-19 VIRUS, BRIAN KOONCE OF LAKE ZURICH THOUGHT THAT HE WOULDN’T SURVIVE. I THOUGHT I WAS AT THIS TIME. NO MORE. THE 62 YEAR-OLD COONS DOESN’T REMEMBER MUCH FROM HIS ORDEAL OR HIS DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT PROCEDURE. AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER. AND IT’S THE SAME STORY FOR MYRA RAMIREZ THE 28 YEAR-OLD FROM CHICAGO. AND I JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE FIRST AND. WELL FREE I CAN BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS OUT THERE. REMARRIES AND HER TEAM OF DOCTORS AND NURSES MADE HISTORY BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST CRITICALLY ILL COVID-19 PATIENTS TO RECEIVE A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT IN THE UNITED STATES. BRIAN COONS ADMITS IT BEFORE HE GOT SICK. HE DIDN’T TAKE THE VIRUS SERIOUSLY AND WASN’T WEARING A MASK.

YEAH, IT’S REAL. NO DOUBT I YEAH I WASN’T.

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