we wanted to see how she was doing several months out from her surgery. we found a determined little girl still on that long road to recovery. four months ago, sarah could barely move in her hospital bed without help. after receiving two lung transplants. the surgeries necessary because she was dying from cystic fibrosis. her goal then was very clear. i m not going for easy. you re not going for easy? i m just going one this is what possible looks like now. sarah at home in her bedroom doing physical therapy with her mother and her home nurse nearby. shoulders back. reporter: she is walking, thinking about christmas. i asked for a reporter: and focusing on how far she has come. what i was going through was
now, her challenge isn t her lungs, which work fine, it s hur muscles and her bones, which weakened while waiting for the transplant. now, here we are, climbing out of that. and she will. but she shouldn t have been in that position. she shouldn t have had to go through this much. reporter: sarah knows she has a long way to go. i told myself i can do it and i push myself. reporter: do you feel like you are getting better every week? every day? every day, i get a little stronger. reporter: and gets a little better, one step at a time. since the national policy was changed last summer, ten other children like sarah have also been approved to receive lung transplants. what they ultimately want is better policy that would benefit all children. fred? thanks so much, jason. appreciate that. we always like to hear what you have to say about the stories we
against children under 12 who needed lung transplants. sarah is ready for her new life outside the hospital with her newly adopted sister ella, brother shawn and fin. . [ inaudible ] reporter: she s looking forward to fulfilling her dream of being a famous singer. it is amazing the strength you get from everyone around you to achieve what needs to be done. reporter: sarah will likely be home schooled the next year. she breathed with the help of a trak ostomy tube and is on anti-rejection and steroid drugs, but surrounded by the love of family and friends, the one word that seems to capture her is strong. what would you say to all of the
all right. we ll see. kelly wright skrojoining us liv this morning. it was a tragic end, the search for an arizona teenager who was believed to be inspired by the movie into the wild. 18-year-old jonathan croom was found dead last night. police think he committed suicide. his body was found not too far away from his vehicle which was abandoned last week in oregon. he was supposed to start college in arizona ten days ago but never showed up. a brave little girl who captured the heart of the entire nation is finally going home. sarah murnaghan expected to be released from the hospital today more than two months after her lung transplants. she was dying of cystic fibrosis when her family successfully fought the rules that kept her off the transplant list. she has been taken off oxygen, but she still uses a machine that helps her to breathe. she s also walking short
united states, fighting not for one, but for two lung transplants and turning over a rule in the united states that discriminated against children under the age of 12. she will be going home to her newtown home square this morning by ambulance. she ll be greeted by her family, her friends, her brothers and sisters, her cousins, some silly string, queen s tiara that they the next few weeks.er head. she will need a nurse around the clock to tend to her ventilator, which is helping her breathe as she goes forward. she s getting stronger every day, but she s not there yet. obviously prayers and the concern of her family have helped a lot and the people at children s hospital philadelphia have brought her through really against the odds and against what a lot of people were thinking. we were here on june 6 and june 7 in her room with the family and it was a much, much