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Making Organ Transplant Work for Courtney
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Medical innovation has helped a Chicago-area woman receive a lifesaving double organ transplant, even after she’d been told it wasn’t an option. Previous surgeries had made her risk of organ rejection too high. Her Mayo Clinic doctors, however, turned her dire situation into an advantage. Here’s Dennis Douda with the Mayo Clinic News Network.
Courtney is working to raise organ donor awareness. Anyone who’d like to wish her well can do so at her Facebook page.
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