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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 rejec...

Hospital, but it was out of the prison's hands. it was upper staff management. and i have to say because i was up here and the status quo i was in, it didn't allow me to go to the wake, to the funeral, the viewing or even to the hospital. because at first her brain died. and they had her on a breathing machine, you know, just to see if they would let me go up there, but when they didn't let me go, you know. and my spirits kind of like dropped, you know, and i didn't eat. i lost a lot of weight. you know, and i looked like a raccoon. my eyes was, you know, all black and stuff. but then i though...

Particles that can penetrate into the lungs. >> what happens when a particle goes into the lungs? >> this particular poison works at what we call the cellular level, the most basic level, the cells all over the body are constantly doing things, performing metabolic functions. ricin interferes with that, it breaks down that machinery at a basic level, what happens if someone inhales it, they will have difficulty breathing, some of the earlier symptoms. their lungs will start to fill with fluid in response that poisonous -- the lungs will try to respond, that ultimately is what can cause death. ...

Systematically, for example, if you knew someone inhaled it, and they were developing symptoms, you might put them on a breathing machine, try to support their breathing for them. give them plenty of fluids because you lose a lot of fluids in a situation like this. if it was inhaled or injected, both of which can be deadly, you would -- there's been talk of an antidote. but there is no available one now. >> if these letters do have ricin, could the ricin have spread to other pieces of mail they just came in contact with for the regular sorting process? >> it could. and we talked about this wit...

>> at this time this little girl has a breathing tube down her throat and is dependent on a breathing machine to live and he only has weeks. the system in place cannot allow the hospital to change the rules. at this time -- >> who needs needs to change it? who is the big honcho that can change it? >> there's a system in place so hospitals cannot jump over the rules at this time. if a lung does become available, it must first be offer to all adults available before age 12 and older before it's available to this young girl, and unfarm if it becomes available, it may not be the best lung at that ...