April 30, 2014
She Was Born with Two Holes in Her Heart and No One Knew
Lung transplant brings unexpected answers to 27-year-old Ileana Hernandez was born with two holes in her heart. But for 27 years, no one knew. Hernandez, a computer systems engineer, worked long hours at her job with Bank of America in Jacksonville, Fla. She had transferred from her native Mexico because of her particular set of […]
Tags: Cesar Keller, Eisenmenger syndrome, Ileana Hernandez, MayoClinicFL, Patient Story
July 19, 2013
Harmonica Helps Pulmonary and Lung-Transplant Patients Breath Easier
By Lauren Venoy
After surviving two separate lung transplant procedures in 2005 and 2008, musician Larry Rawdon is sharing new ways of healing through music with other patients at Mayo Clinic in Florida. It was, after all, music that led him to Mayo Clinic and aided in his recovery after he was diagnosed in 2002 with idiopathic pulmonary […]
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February 19, 2013
An Unexpected Miracle from Down the Hallway
Sometimes miracles happen when you least expect them. No one believes that more than Fleming Island, Florida resident Shirley Thompson, whose tale of how she received two new lungs while in a medically induced coma at Mayo Clinic hospital in Florida isn’t exactly the typical scenario. The 48-year old married, mother of two was first […]
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