Beating the odds for a transplant

When the phone rang in the middle of a Sunday night news program, and the caller ID flashed Mayo Clinic, Dennis Pinkerton and his wife, Rhonda, knew it was a pivotal moment. The doctor on the line delivered news he thought he'd never hear. A pair of donor lungs — kept alive and breathing on a high-tech machine — were a perfect match. "It felt like a miracle. I live only about 10 minutes from…
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - Category: Research Source Type: news