Marion Renault And Marshall Ritzel
Trachea transplant recipient Sonia Sein talks with the lead surgeon of her procedure, Dr. Eric Genden, left, and Dr. Sandy Florman during a checkup visit at Mt. Sinai hospital in New York on Monday, March, 22, 2021. Doctors say this operation could help other people including COVID-19 patients left with serious windpipe damage from breathing machines. (AP Photo/Marshall Ritzel)
April 06, 2021 - 6:13 AM
NEW YORK - Sonia Sein said she spent the last six years âtrying to catch every breath at every moment" after extensive treatment for her severe asthma damaged her windpipe.
She is breathing freely again after getting an unusual transplant. In January, doctors at New York's Mount Sinai replaced her trachea, the tube that ferries air from the mouth to the lungs.