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Woman donates kidney to ailing sibling and later carries her baby
WCBS
First, a Long Island woman donated a kidney to her sister and then she carried her baby.
It was an inspirational medical odyssey that shows dreams can come true, CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported Wednesday.
This motherhood moment would never have happened if not for an incredible bond of sisterhood. Katy Monte has cystic fibrosis and has spent her life in and out of hospitals.
“When Katy was born, they told my mom she wouldn’t graduate high school,” sister Christine Zammit said.
“When I was 26, my doctors told me if I didn’t have a double-lung transplant I wouldn’t survive more than two years,” Monte said.
Follow the pioneers of women s health
Michael Dowling
Michael Dowling is president and CEO of Northwell Health, based in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
When I think about March and Women s History Month, I remember the pioneers who challenged the status quo to defeat societal norms. These heroic individuals not only paved new roads for opportunity but changed our thinking altogether.
There are so many female forerunners who have reshaped politics and almost every industry, including medicine. There s of course Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now inspiring young women that they could one day become president of the United States. Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought for justice at the highest levels. Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing. And there was Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, who was the first female physician in the U.S.