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Help kids like Sarah get the transplants they need
Sunday, May 11, 2014 14:41
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On 5/11/14, Janet Murnaghan via Change.org < [email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Friends and Supporters of Sarah,
>
> You asked for Sarah and children like her to be considered for adult
> donor lungs. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)
> listened, and this past summer put in a temporary rule in to allow
> children under 12 to get adolescent or adult lungs.
>
> Two children are now alive because of this change, and others now have
> greater hope for lung transplants thanks to a larger donor pool.
>
> The OPTN will make this rule permanent if the public backs the
> recommendation. Please click on the following link and indicate you
> SUPPORT the proposal:
> YourComment.asp?PropID=369
>
> Passage of this proposal will ensure that other kids in Sarah’s
> similar circumstances have the opportunity to do the things that Sarah
> is now starting to do – ride her bike again, go bowling, play
> mini-golf and spend time with her siblings and friends.
>
> Thank you for caring about kids! Your vote counts!
>
> Janet, Fran and Sarah Murnaghan
>
>
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Source: http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2014/05/help-kids-like-sarah-get-transplants.html
