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To lift her up and take her anywhere show her love and climbin through the air save her now before its too late tonight shes waiting for superman shes waiting for superman shes waiting for superman tonight on nightline last chance. A young woman fighting for every breath. Her lungs failing. Her only hope is this transplant. A young man with huge dreams. And the tragic twist of fate that brought them together. With so much at stake the incredible story inside the operating room. Sound good. And then a haunting question whose ultimate sacrifice will let her breathe again. Gives her life literally. And exclusive interviews president obama and first Lady Michelle give their first joint Television Interview this year with abcs barbara walters. Announcer this thanksgiving specia good evening. Im avencynthia mcfadden. Happy thanksgiving to you. Gratitude is the word of the day as thoreau once said my thanksgiving is perpetual. So of course it should be. Some gifts are bigger than others. And the story we will tell you tonight, one mother any gift given in grief ended up saving another young womans life. Two families joined by an unbreakable bond. How have you been . Lindsay and diana never would have thought that the day before thanksgiving they would share a few special moments together. Sure they were both new yorkers, but from first glance they were from such different world that didnt seem to be any reason their paths would cross. I got my family and friend to write you letters and stuff. Reporter and yet they now have a connection as deep as they come. 26yearold lindsay struggled for every breath she took. Thanks to diana that she is here today. A gift you cant buy. Right, amazing. A gift of life, literally. We have known lindsey from the desperate days when every breath seemed it might be her last. It was 2011, she had a good job at a hedge fund in new york. Everything she had ever wanted. Except for the most important thing. Hi, nice to meet you. A future. Lindsay was dying. I am 26. I should be out every friday, saturday night. Out at the bars having a couple drinks. Not worried about medicines the next day. Reporter at age 2, lindsey was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a disease that causes music to build up in the lungs. Growing up i did chest physical their people every day. Started with my parents clapping on me every day. Reporter little realerally. Literally here and then on my back. My lung capacity by the time i was 18, 19 years old was telling me i needed a Lung Transplant. She joined the organ donor list and waited and waited. While things got rapid leap worse. I couldnt do much of anything. I could really finally tell that i was sick. I mean i still wouldnt admit it. I wouldnt say, like i didnt feel well. I just i couldnt do things. After seven months on the waiting list, she was deteriorating fast. Patients who come to see me are really sick. And theyre going to die if ive cant help them. That was lindseys case. The doctor is her surgeon. Imagine if i took 80 of your lung away. How you would function. Lindsey will die if she doesnt get her lung soon. Her mother knew without the transplant, lindsey wouldnt seep another birthday. I used to go to her apartment every day, when she got sick and du do her therapy. I would walk to work knowing, my daughter was dying before my eyes and nothing i could do about it. Reporter on the morning of april 4, 2011. The call came that just might save her life. Oh, my god. I got the phone call. Abc news is there. Oh, my god. I love you, good luck. They called. They said they have a potential match. It will be for real. As soon as my mom called she was screaming you. Got to call. You got the call. I never heard. The only three word that could come out of my mouth. I couldnt have any other word. Reporter while lindsey and her family head to new york presbyterian, dr. Jonathan yang is heading across town. And if everything is in tiptop shape we will accept the organs. It will be heartbreaking if they werent healthy and we would have to reject them. Checking into the hospital, lindsey knows this is her only chance. Fear takes second place. To reality. I wouldnt have the attitude i have or or the strength i have if i didnt have a support system that i have. I fight for them more than i fight for anything else. Whats the name of the patient . Lindsey this is them. Thats jonathan. I think it is well within reason. A match, not perfect. But a match. Were a go. Yep. Legally organ donors, remain anonymous. All lindsay knows is that her donor is a man, 18, from new york. I love you. Love you too. All right. Are you okay . Okay. Game is on. It is on. Absolutely. Lets get loose and find something more comfortable. I need some big ones in a second. In this case anything could happen. Cystic fibrosis lungs when we take them out, theyre wet sponges full of infection, literally heavy. That was a lot of work. Can i have the lung. Reporter the surgery is more complicated than expected. If the takes eight hours. The two lungs in, one at a time. Reporter things start to go wrong. What . What do you think is going on . Just continuous flow. There is no just, going. I hate that. Right now, we are using that one lung to keep her alive. The resistance in the lung increased and the right failed. Lets go. That wont be good. God it. Tense moments. But in the end hi. Hi there. All good. All good. Yeah. Congratulations. For her, it went perfect. For me it was a hard night. Five months later, lindsey decide to put her new lungs to the test. The surfing test. That is some sand in my face. Everybody is here to watch me surf. I really cant blow it. The air is cold. The water is warm. Go, lindsey whoa good job, lindsey this is awesome. Life was indeed awesome. But lindsey was haunted by a deep nagging question. Whose death allowed her to live . I have to remind myself, he would have passed away whether or not i was getting his lungs or not. I had no control over that situation. And the only thing that i can really do is live my life to the extent that i am showing him honor. He is definitely part of me. He is why i am here. When we come back, we will all meet the aspiring chef, whose lungs still give breath to lindsey. Very delicious. Very delicious. My mother and my grandmother are very old fashioned. I think we both are clean freaks. I used to scrub the floor on my knees. [ daughter ] ive mastered the art of foot cleaning. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. [ carmel ] that drives me nuts. It gives me anxiety just thinking about how crazy they get. [ doorbell rings ] [ daughter ] oh, wow. [ carmel ] swiffer wetjet. You guys should try this. Its so easy. Oh, my. [ gasps ] i just washed this floor. If i didnt see it i wouldnt believe it. [ carmel ] it did my heart good to see you cleaning. [ regina ] yeah, your generation has all the good stuff. [ daughter ] oh, yeah. [ regina ] yeah, your generation has all the good stuff. Cheryl burke is chachaing in depend silhouette briefs for charity, to prove that with soft fabric and waistband, the best protection looks, fits, and feels just like underwear. Get a free sample and try for yourself. It might be the hardest choice a mother could ever make. To let go of her own brain dead child so that a patient in need can receive the gift of life. But for any one waiting for a heart, liver, kidney or lungs from tragedy comes hope. Were back with incredible story of two families whose lives collided. A Lung Transplant has saved linds lindseys life, but she says she cant rest until she knows who saved her. Reporter a new chance at life, whose death allowed her to live. The question gnawed at her. All i know. He was 18 and male. Reporter usually that is all she would ever have known. Lindsey was determined to get an answer. At lindseys reap quesquest, th note work contacted the donors family. They also wanted to meet. They too had a story to tell. Adrian rodriguez was a real charmer. A high school senior, a beloved only son. I would grab my tablespoon. Reporter he had nothing much to his name, except the outsized talent. His passion was mostly cooking. He thrived on the manhattans lop lower eastside. A commute that was well worth it. The School Principal the first time i met adrian he bounced into my oh a tray of pastries in one hand, Cucumber Salad in the other and said, good morning, i am chef adrian. And i thought he was the culinary arts teacher. Adrian created his own cooking show. Caller the Schools College adviser helped adrian apply for scholarships to culinary schools. Well have to put the applications, he went out there and made this for himself. Adrian had his eye on the future. Very delicious. Very delicious. He was a young man who really committed himself to this dream of being a professional chef. But also, to this absolute generosity of spirit that said i am here world, let me know what i can duo for you. April 1st, 2011, Adrian Rodriguez was leaving for school. Adrian was running to school. Excited about the day. Wearing new shoes. Shiny shoes. And he he slipped on the subway platform. Reporter a slip. And as the train pulled in. He fell. The train clipped his head. And the Police Called the school and asked for the principal. And the Police Officer said is Adrian Rodriguez your student . And i just my heart stopped. I said, why . Why . He said, we need you to contact his family. And need to come to bellvue, it is serious. He left at 7 00. At 8 00 i received a phone call. She met at bellvue hospital. They waited. And waited. I had to wait six hours. By those six hours. Reporter six hours. Six hours. Just to see him. Day told me he was in bad condition. I was in a panic mode. I dent knidnt know what to say think. Diana was taken to her sons bedside. Her skull was fractured. In the twilight between life and death. He was gone. But his organs were intact. He was still on a ventilator. It wasnt it didnt look like my son. He was all in this tubes. He was cold, i was holding him. Talking to him. You remember me, adrian. Come back to me. Adrian, what happened. Reporter at 10 00 p. M. , adrian was declared brain dead. His mother was asked about donating his organs. I was like, no, no, it its not time yet. He is just 18. Just a kid. Just starting out. We spoke what it would be look without adrian. And, what it would be look without adrian. But with his heartbeating. In the end, diana made the only decision she felt she could. He loves to share. A good vibe. If he has the last candy he will give it up. Reporter one mothers loss would save another mothers child. All i could think of that day was how lucky we were and how unfortunate she was. I mean, as a mother, i just cant imagine how she felt that day. And we were just so grateful and some how i just hoped sheep kn hoped she knew how grateful we were and her son saved my daughters life. Reporter but the circle was still not complete. They needed to meet. Awe whau what do you say first . I am sorry for your loss. Thank you so much you, have no idea how much you changed my life. I dont want to put it in her face how amazing my life is and how great i am doing because her son is not here anymore. And that stinks. It is crazy to think she can put her hand here and you can feel him, its hem breathing. I am breathing with him. Reporter it wasnt just diana and lindsey who share an unbreakable bond. Three other people as well. One, who received adrians heart. Another, his pancreas. A third, his liver. Together, they make a new kind of family photo. One, two, three. Well i look to hear look all the stories about him. Not that i wasnt trying to live up to it before. Now i feel like i have an even higher bar. Reporter some new goals too. I want to take a cooking class. Thats what he was into. I am not a very good cook. I am hoping maybe he will help me out. Maybe i will be better about it. Reporter there is a funny kind of bond i would think. Adrian is part of you. He is definitely part of me. He is why i am here. I think about him every day. When i went snorkeling. I literally was snorkeling, going like this, can you believe we are here . Can you believe we are doing this . I am here, you did this for me. Like, how cool its this . On this day when we each count our own blessings, remember diana and lindsey and adrian too. And what it is possible to give one another. Two weeks after his death, adrians mother found out he had won that prestigious fellowship to the Cooking School of his dreams. You can find out more about Organ Donation on our web site. So, what is the president most thankful for . Barbara walters knows. Next. 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Com, then talk to your doctor. There may be more you could do for your asthma. Barbara walters has interviewed every president since richard nixon. President obama is no exception. This is her fifth interview with him. Barbara at the white house at the holidays has become almost as iconic as the turkey itself. This thanksgiving, the president and first lady sat down with her to talk about their hopes for all of us. Mr. President , do you have a thanksgiving message . There are a lot of people out there who work hard every day, do right by their families. But are still working through some of their ravages of that big recession that we had. My message to them is know that every day i am going to be working as hard as i can on your behalf. You know americans i think deep down, care about each other. And want to do the right thing. You know i want americans to remember that even as we draw down our troops, we still have men and women serving abroad. And i just want america to keep those people close to their hearts and to serve them as well as they have served us. How will you be spending thanksgiving family and service. We will be working with mission continues, a nonprofit that allows veterans to continue to serve. We are going to be at the Capital Area Food Bank which we have gone to several years now. And then we are going to eat good food. Watch some football. A wonderful time

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