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A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart.
The woman was much sicker than the first person to receive the transplant, but appears to be faring equally as well.
The woman was much sicker than the first person to receive the transplant, but appears to be faring equally as well.
The woman was much sicker than the first person to receive the transplant, but appears to be faring equally as well.
CONTAINS IMAGES OF SURGERY - Lisa Pisano's combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to qualify for a traditional transplant, and out of options until doctors came up with a novel idea