The 17-year-old boy 'faced certain death if it weren’t for the lung transplant,' doctors said.
The young man was admitted to Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit on Sept. 5 with what appeared to be pneumonia.
It didn't work. His lungs were so badly inflamed and scarred that he needed new healthy lungs to survive.To get the transplant, the boy needed to be transported again — this time to Henry Ford Health System. The problem was that he would die within minutes if he were taken off the ECMO to make the drive. Ambulances are not equipped with ECMO.
The young man will be transferred to a rehabilitation center, and, despite doing well, faces a long and arduous recovery.
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