change. this is an adult donor, this is lungs she wouldn t have had the opportunity to have access to just two weeks ago. reporter: and that was an important point that her family wanted to get out. also, as you know, john, this was a delicate procedure. sarah has a long road ahead of her, risk of infection, a risk her body will reject the organ but sarah s been a fighter all along and her parents expect her to keep on fighting as she continues with her recovery. jason carroll in philadelphia, thanks very much. turkey s prime minister offering to hold a referendum to decide the fate of the istanbul park that s become the center of anti-government protests over the last two weeks. prime minister erdogan has ordered his interior minister to put a stop to the protests within 24 hours which could set the stage for more violence in istanbul and the capital ankara.
heavily sedated and as of last night into the very early morning, she was still in icu. still intubated. but even though she was heavily sedated even before going into surgery, her mother and her aunt tell me that they still read to her every day, still talked to her hoping that she could somehow hear them, hear their well wishes in some way, shape or form. and now that the surgery is over, that six hour surgery, her mother really giving thanks to the person that made it all possible. do we know anything about the donor? they won t tell you anything. but that donor is her hero, our hero of this story. but she wouldn t have had access to that hero if it weren t for the change. this is an adult donor, lungs she wouldn t have had the opportunity to have access to just two weeks ago. reporter: this was a delicate surgery, a very difficult
day possible. they don t tell you anything. i mean, but that donor is her hero, our hero of this story. but she wouldn t have had access to that hero, if it weren t for the change. this is a low bar transplant, this is an adult donor, this is lungs she wouldn t have had the opportunity to have access to just two weeks ago. the other point she wanted to make is not just this person was a hero but they are hoping that there will be a change for the system to help children not just sarah, but the other child who you know of, anderson, that 11-year-old was also waiting for a lung transplant and other children, as well, now that there is a change to the national policy. i didn t realize about these different lists. we appreciate that. we wish sarah and her family the best. she was a very sick little girl and has a challenging road ahead. our chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta joins us now. a lung transplant, how difficult and complex of a surgery is that and how difficult is the
life. yesterday sarah received a new set of lungs, lungs that came from an adult donors. doctors are pleased so far with her prognosis. we re joined this morning by chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. great to see you. thanks for being with us. now that she has received this lung transplant, what is the situation for sarah? well, you know, sort of three phases to it. the recovery over the next couple of days. you heard she is going to have the breathing tube and breathing machine for at least 48 hours for the short-term. she is going to start the medications to prevent rejections. these immune suppressing drugs and sort of be in the hospital for a period of time. and then after that, it s sort of the longer term recovery. how she s functioning at home. hopefully the new lungs will allow her to function and do things that little 10-year-old girls do much more easily. i will tell you, a tough opaeration and a tough recovery overall. if you take all lung transplants, 50% o
her family fought to make her eligible for an adult lung transplant. and yesterday they got the news there was a lung for sarah. her aunt says the surgery went well. they were able to re-size the adult lungs without any issue. it was a perfect fit into sarah. the surgery s done and she s heading to recovery. we expect her to be, you know, doing some things within the next couple days and taking her first breath so we can t wait for that. sarah s health was rapidly deteriorating when a judge intervened in her case last week, giving her a chance at the much larger list of organs from adult donors. new calls for answers from some top senators demanding to know why the department of veterans affairs is paying employees to work for its unions. more than 250 workers being paid full time not to clear a backlog of claims from our veterans but to do work for the va unions on the taxpayer s dime. it s been a week since those