murnaghan, has cystic fibrosis and needs a lung transplant that could save her life. until now, federal rules have barred her from receiving an adult lung. a judge has issued a temporary restraining order this afternoon, making sarah available for a transplant. sarah s aunt joins me now. sharon, thank you for joining me. i know that sarah clearly is very seriously ill. so much so that her parents at her bedside tonight. and the condition is very serious. how important is it to the family that you ve managed to have this legal success? it is incredible for the family. this is the thing that could save sarah s life and allow her to live a long life. ten days is hopefully enough time for her to get lungs. she is very ill and it should put her at the top or near the top of the list to get lungs and so we re overjoyed. for those who have not been following this, explain to me exactly the dilemma you found yourselves in.
she s an adorable little girl. she is obviously a great fighter, too. obviously, she has been sick a long time. it s been a great stressful time for all of the family. and she is obviously not out of the woods now. they may not find a donor lung. how hopeful are you, from all the experts have told you, that you may get one? we re very hopeful. being on the adult list is a very good place to be. being in line with everyone else with a high score is very good. we are very, very hopeful. unfortunately, in the last hour she has taken a little bit of a turn for the worse and got sick, which is why both of her parents are, you know, really at her bedside right now. we re hopeful that the doctors at children s of philadelphia can keep her going long enough for lungs. it s the first time we have had hope in a month. sharon bullock, thank you very much for joining me. please send our best to the family and obviously sarah in
for lungs. it s the first time we have had hope in a month. sharon bullock, thank you very much for joining me. please send our best to the family and obviously sarah in particular. thank you. we re all rooting for her. thank you for joining me. i knew want to bring in the head of biotechs of new york university and lan gotten medical center. this is a real dilemma, isn t it, for the medical profession which is why secretary sebelius took the position she did, didn t want to set a precedent. explain to me why the law says there can be no under the age of 12 in receipt of an adult lung. so the argument has been the outcomes are worse for kids under 12 who get adult lungs. sometimes the lungs don t fit from an adult, they re too big. so you can only use a piece. and when that s done, it raises the risk of infection. kids are harder with lungs, because they also seem to be a more difficult management problem for immuno suppression.
sharon bullock, thank you very much for joining me. please send our best to the family and obviously sarah in particular. thank you. we re all rooting for her. thank you for joining me. i now want to bring in the head of biotechs of new york university and langone medical center. this is a real dilemma, isn t it, for the medical profession which is why secretary sebelius took the position she did, didn t want to set a precedent. explain to me why the law says there can be no under the age of 12 in receipt of an adult lung. so the argument has been the outcomes are worse for kids under 12 who get adult lungs. sometimes the lungs don t fit from an adult, they re too big. so you can only use a piece. and when that s done, it raises the risk of infection. kids are harder with lungs, because they also seem to be a more difficult management problem for immuno suppression. we just heard, the data is not great on this. but i think people looked at it
until now, federal rules have barred her from receiving an adult lung. a judge has issued a temporary restraining order this afternoon, making sarah available for a transplant. sarah s aunt joins me now. sharon, thank you for joining me. i know that sarah clearly is very seriously ill. so much so that her parents at her bedside tonight. and the condition is very serious. how important is it to the family that you ve managed to have this legal success? it is incredible for the family. this is the thing that could save sarah s life and allow her to live a long life. ten days is hopefully enough time for her to get lungs. she is very ill and it should put her at the top or near the top of the list to get lungs and so we re overjoyed. for those who have not been following this, explain to me exactly the dilemma you found yourselves in. yeah, it s pretty simple, oddly. they have a list of people waiting for lung transplants and they put all of the adults in the front of the list and t