double lung transplant

A suburban grandmother who survived cancer received a miracle gift after contracting COVID-19 though already vaccinated: a new set of lungs. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

A cancer survivor, Laura Bratlien, tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized on Mother’s Day.

A health care worker from suburban Glenview Heights defied the odds and received one of the first-known “COVID-to-COVID” double lung transplants in the U.S.

Chicago doctors completed one of the first known double lung transplants from one former coronavirus patient to another.

Chicago doctors completed one of the first known double-lung transplants from one former coronavirus patient to another.

A suburban Detroit woman who was infected with COVID-19 gave birth early then underwent a double lung transplant just weeks later to save her life.

A Chicago man underwent a double lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine after contracting the coronavirus and pneumonia. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

Arthur Sanchez’s memories of his various hospital stays are hazy but he hasn’t forgotten how it felt when COVID-19 took away his ability to breathe.

Two patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital share their stories after receiving double lung transplant procedures due to the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Marion Brooks reports.

Northwestern Hospital has successfully completed its first double-lung transplant on a coronavirus patient. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford reports.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago performed a double lung transplant on a woman in her 20s with COVID-19. The disease had damaged her lungs so much that doctors said the transplant was her only option.

Even with the coronavirus pandemic underway, the organ transplant team at Northwestern Medicine is still performing life-saving surgeries, including a double lung transplant this month. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.