Lying just beds apart in Children's Hospital, two critically ill infants needed transplants. Three-month-old Jason Wolfe was on a waiting list for new lungs, while Kayla Richardson, at two months old, needed a new heart. The odds were against them and time was running
out.
When a heart-lung set became available, doctors began a rare "domino transplant," giving the donated organs to Jason and using his healthy heart to save Kayla. In side-by-side operating rooms, they became the youngest patients ever to give -- and receive -- a living heart.
Living testamentsRare operation pays off at Children’s (Feb. 3, 2006)
Rare surgery performed on infantsWBNS-10TV news coverage(Feb. 3, 2006)
Transplant surgery saves two babiesWBNS-10TV NightBeat video
Children's performs rare domino transplant (Feb. 2, 2006)
From the archive
Hospital’s first lung transplant a successWoman benefits from Children’s new venture (July 20, 2005)
Heart-warming hopeBaby recovering after Children’s 1 st infant heart transplant (Feb. 12, 2005)
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