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Sarah. >> she did. ainsley: after you went to court the law us changed and you have helped other children. how many have you helped? >> we know 24 children have listed the details have been able to do a list and been on the under 12 and be on the 12 and over. ainsley: have you talked to their parents. >> i have not talked to the parents. people reach out to us all the time when they're waiting for a lung transplant. i have not spoken to anyone specificcably it. ainsley: she was 10 years old and the law says you don't have access until you are 12 years old to an adult lung. >> she technically w...

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What should happen now is clear. >> the system needs to be changed and fair for everybody, for adults and children. i don't want sarah in front of anybody who is sicker. it should be the sickest person first. >> javier's family knows the pain of waiting all too well. in 2009, his brother who also had cystic fibrosis died whale waiting for a transplant. they initiated the lawsuit against hhs and secretary sebelius urging her to change the under 12 rule. she was questioned about it during a hearing. >> the worst of all worlds in my mind is to have some individual pick who chooses and who dies. y...

Prevented all children under the age of 12 from receiving priority in the adult pool of patients waiting for transplants. lung donations from children are rare, but children can use a nodified lung from an adult and since there are more lung donations from adults, the murnaghans say what should happen now is clear. >> the system needs to be changed. it needs to be fair for everyone, for adults and for children. i don't want sarah in front of anyone who is sicker. this should be the sickest person first. >> reporter: javier's family knows the pain of waiting all too well. in 2009 his brother, w...

Could you understand and she felt a lot of hope when i explained it to her. >> earlier this week the judge ordered the department of health and human services to temporarily suspend policy in sara and javier's case which had prevented all children under the age of 12 from receiving priority in the adult pool of patients waiting for transplants. lung donation from children are rare. children can use a modified lung from an adult, and since there are more lung donations from adults, they say what should happen now is clear. >> the system needs to be changed. it needs to be fair for everyone, for...