Has received a new heart, lung . Uncle gave a brief news chat and then was leaving for hospital. He will keep us updated.. I think the operation started at 5 a.m...Let's pray for her..and Duke for their mistake. Bonnie
Little girl at Duke
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pegne
The girl at Duke
The girl at Duke
It is on the news now that the girl received her new heart/lungs and as of right now is doing pretty good. She is off heart/lung. Hopefully this will be a good ending to a very tragic mistake.
The girl at Duke
It is on the news now that the girl received her new heart/lungs and as of right now is doing pretty good. She is off heart/lung. Hopefully this will be a good ending to a very tragic mistake.
Rich - As a parent, I would take 50/50 over 0/0 any time. No guarantees, but it is so very good to hear that someone was able to step forward and grant Jessica the second chance.
Maybe this old world isn't so bad after all.
Maybe this old world isn't so bad after all.
Ross
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I've had less odds and I'm still around, so I'm certainly praying for her. It's beyond sad that this ever happened in the first place. Now we must wait and hope.
Nancy
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Where there is life, there is always hope. Think of a few people who had to have immediate re-ops right after a first surgery.
God bless this little child.
God bless this little child.
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martha
Well, the child made it through the second transplant. Now, all that can be done is wait. I'm praying that we see her walk out of the hospital whole and well. martha
Sweet Little girl
Sweet Little girl
Atlanta news has said now 50/75 chance of recovery. Is that bad? Playing on Zone cards and we can chat. Girl that lives in Raleigh, N.C. said a minister wanted to give her his heart. He was 75..
Sweet Little girl
Atlanta news has said now 50/75 chance of recovery. Is that bad? Playing on Zone cards and we can chat. Girl that lives in Raleigh, N.C. said a minister wanted to give her his heart. He was 75..
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alicia
My prayers go out to the girl and her family. This is such a tragedy. I still stand behind Duke as a fine institution. A tragic mistake has been made and hopefuly will never happen again.
joy
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What's this? I have been so busy with the house and all the other stuff I had to do I haven't heard anything about this.
Johnny Stephens
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I couldn't believe the story when I first heard about it. That poor young girl and her family. What I have heard on TV so far is that she is doing pretty well so far. I hope everything works out for her and her family. I would love for this story to have a happy ending. I'm curious to hear where exactly the mistake was made regarding the wrong blood type.
Take Care!
Gail
Take Care!
Gail
joy
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THere was only one thing that upset me about what the mother said in that interview on msnbc, and that was that she regrets having taken her daughter to the US to have the surgery. I guess I just don't think it's fair. I mean, I understand that it's her daughter, but it's one surgeon, maybe they should have had a someone else? It was a mistake, but the US has some of the BEST medical faciities in the world. Just sort of upset that she said that. She would have died if she wouldn't have come here.
MSNBC -- Not Good News..
MSNBC -- Not Good News..
"Jesica?s condition steadily deteriorated after the wrong blood type organs were transplanted. She suffered a heart attack Feb. 10 and a seizure on Sunday. Her body was rejecting the new organs because of the different blood types. Antibodies in her blood attacked the organs as foreign objects.
In that operation, Dr. James Jaggers implanted organs from a donor with type A blood, rather than Jesica?s O-positive, a mistake Duke officials say wasn?t discovered until the surgery was almost over.
Fulkerson said Jaggers wrongly assumed compatibility had been confirmed when he was offered the organs, and later failed to double-check that assumption, a violation of the hospital?s procedures.
Jesica?s body began to immediately reject the transplant. As her condition steadily worsened, she was placed on life support and suffered a stroke and kidney damage.
A BRAIN scan early Friday, less than 24 hours after the second transplant, showed Santillan?s brain had swelled and was bleeding.
?Yesterday after the transplant, we were all very hopeful,? said Dr. Karen Frush, Duke University Hospital?s medical director of children?s services. But now, ?the swelling in her brain is severe, severe to the point we fear it?s irreversible.?
Frush and Dr. William Fulkerson, the hospital?s chief executive officer, said additional tests were planned for Friday to confirm the diagnosis."
For those interested in the organ procuring process:
Organs for life
Organ donation involves many steps and individuals. For a successful transplant to take place, a series of detailed procedures must occur. Click on the arrows below for an overview of the process.
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National waiting list
National waiting list
The first step in the organ transplant process is for the patient to register with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which maintains a national waiting list on a centralized computer system. Because there are so few donated organs, all transplant patients must wait to receive an organ. Depending on their medical condition, patients may wait in the hospital or as an outpatient.
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Organ donated
Organ donated
When a dying person has been declared brain-dead, their family is asked about organ donation by a local organ procurement organization (OPO). If the deceased person has filled out an organ donation card or if their family consents to donation, the donor's information is entered into the national UNOS computer system. The OPO pays for all costs associated with donating organs.
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Search for a match
Search for a match
After an organ donor has been identified, UNOS begins making a list of patients who match that organ?s criteria. The computer program searches through the pool of patients waiting for organs and looks for a match based on a patient?s waiting time, severity of their condition, blood type, body size and distance between the donor and recipient. Ethnicity, gender, religion and financial status are not considered in the matching process. The patients are ranked in order of how closely they match the organ and the organ is then offered to the hospital monitoring the highest ranked patient.
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Retrieving the organ
Retrieving the organ
At this point, transplant specialists at the recipient?s hospital consider whether to accept the organ based on medical criteria. If the organ is accepted, the recipient's hospital sends a team to the donor's hospital to retrieve the organ. A transplant coordinator synchronizes efforts between the hospital surgery team and the retrieval team. In some cases, multiple organs are retrieved from the same donor and teams from several hospitals are involved in the retrieval process.
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Inspection process
Inspection process
After the retrieval team arrives at the donor hospital, the organ is inspected and specialists determine whether it meets the patient?s medical criteria. If it passes the inspection, the team notifies the transplant coordinator at the recipient?s hospital. While the organ is being retrieved, the recipient is notified that an organ is available. The recipient is brought into the operating room at their hospital, but not yet put under anesthesia. Only after the organ passes a final inspection is the recipient put under anesthesia.
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Timing is critical
Timing is critical
The organ is packed into a cooler and prepared for transport to the patient?s hospital. The team is in constant communication with the transplant coordinator to ensure the process is timed correctly in both locations. Timing is critical since many organs, such as the heart and lung, can only remain viable outside the body for a maximum of six hours. Livers can be preserved for up to 24 hours.
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Surgery performed
Surgery performed
Once the organ nears the recipient's hospital, the patient is prepared for surgery. A final check of the patient?s vital signs and immune system are performed before the transplant proceeds.
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Source: Mt. Sinai Hospital; Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
The child and her family need our prayers..
MSNBC -- Not Good News..
"Jesica?s condition steadily deteriorated after the wrong blood type organs were transplanted. She suffered a heart attack Feb. 10 and a seizure on Sunday. Her body was rejecting the new organs because of the different blood types. Antibodies in her blood attacked the organs as foreign objects.
In that operation, Dr. James Jaggers implanted organs from a donor with type A blood, rather than Jesica?s O-positive, a mistake Duke officials say wasn?t discovered until the surgery was almost over.
Fulkerson said Jaggers wrongly assumed compatibility had been confirmed when he was offered the organs, and later failed to double-check that assumption, a violation of the hospital?s procedures.
Jesica?s body began to immediately reject the transplant. As her condition steadily worsened, she was placed on life support and suffered a stroke and kidney damage.
A BRAIN scan early Friday, less than 24 hours after the second transplant, showed Santillan?s brain had swelled and was bleeding.
?Yesterday after the transplant, we were all very hopeful,? said Dr. Karen Frush, Duke University Hospital?s medical director of children?s services. But now, ?the swelling in her brain is severe, severe to the point we fear it?s irreversible.?
Frush and Dr. William Fulkerson, the hospital?s chief executive officer, said additional tests were planned for Friday to confirm the diagnosis."
For those interested in the organ procuring process:
Organs for life
Organ donation involves many steps and individuals. For a successful transplant to take place, a series of detailed procedures must occur. Click on the arrows below for an overview of the process.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National waiting list
National waiting list
The first step in the organ transplant process is for the patient to register with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which maintains a national waiting list on a centralized computer system. Because there are so few donated organs, all transplant patients must wait to receive an organ. Depending on their medical condition, patients may wait in the hospital or as an outpatient.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Organ donated
Organ donated
When a dying person has been declared brain-dead, their family is asked about organ donation by a local organ procurement organization (OPO). If the deceased person has filled out an organ donation card or if their family consents to donation, the donor's information is entered into the national UNOS computer system. The OPO pays for all costs associated with donating organs.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Search for a match
Search for a match
After an organ donor has been identified, UNOS begins making a list of patients who match that organ?s criteria. The computer program searches through the pool of patients waiting for organs and looks for a match based on a patient?s waiting time, severity of their condition, blood type, body size and distance between the donor and recipient. Ethnicity, gender, religion and financial status are not considered in the matching process. The patients are ranked in order of how closely they match the organ and the organ is then offered to the hospital monitoring the highest ranked patient.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Retrieving the organ
Retrieving the organ
At this point, transplant specialists at the recipient?s hospital consider whether to accept the organ based on medical criteria. If the organ is accepted, the recipient's hospital sends a team to the donor's hospital to retrieve the organ. A transplant coordinator synchronizes efforts between the hospital surgery team and the retrieval team. In some cases, multiple organs are retrieved from the same donor and teams from several hospitals are involved in the retrieval process.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inspection process
Inspection process
After the retrieval team arrives at the donor hospital, the organ is inspected and specialists determine whether it meets the patient?s medical criteria. If it passes the inspection, the team notifies the transplant coordinator at the recipient?s hospital. While the organ is being retrieved, the recipient is notified that an organ is available. The recipient is brought into the operating room at their hospital, but not yet put under anesthesia. Only after the organ passes a final inspection is the recipient put under anesthesia.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Timing is critical
Timing is critical
The organ is packed into a cooler and prepared for transport to the patient?s hospital. The team is in constant communication with the transplant coordinator to ensure the process is timed correctly in both locations. Timing is critical since many organs, such as the heart and lung, can only remain viable outside the body for a maximum of six hours. Livers can be preserved for up to 24 hours.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Surgery performed
Surgery performed
Once the organ nears the recipient's hospital, the patient is prepared for surgery. A final check of the patient?s vital signs and immune system are performed before the transplant proceeds.
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Source: Mt. Sinai Hospital; Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
The child and her family need our prayers..
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This is such terrible news. I heard this evening that the little girl is basically brain dead. They are talking about pulling all life supports. Such a tragedy. My thoughts and prayers go out to the girl's entire family. I can not even imagine what the parents are going through right now.
Gail
Gail
joy
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Her family must be devistated. What did the girl have that she needed a new heart/lungs? Like I said before, I haven't really followed the story. I basically just heard about it yesterday. That's too bad, she just started to live her life, and now it's destroyed because one surgeon's mistake.
LUVMyBirman
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Jessica and her family are in our thoughts and prayers.
Another version
http://www.news-observer.com/front/story/2226519p-2100960c.html
Another version
http://www.news-observer.com/front/story/2226519p-2100960c.html
