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EXCLUSIVE: In the first UK interview since the experimental surgery, Sonia Sein, 56, (pictured) reveals how a human trachea transplant has transformed her life.
A team of surgeons in New York successfully transplanted a human trachea into a critically ill patient. One year later, that patient is surviving and thriving.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sonia Sein said she spent the last six years “trying to catch every breath at every moment” after extensive treatment for her severe asthma damaged her windpipe. She is breathing freely again after getting an unusual transplant. In January, doctors at New York’s Mount Sinai replaced her trachea, the tube that ferries air from the mouth to the lungs. Doctors say
A New York woman is looking forward to the future with her family after receiving the first trachea transplant After years of struggling to breathe and fearing she might suffocate in her sleep, Sonia Sein says she feels well enough to dance around with her grandchildren after undergoing the first-ever human trachea transplant at Mount Sinai in New York. “For me, it felt like right after, I was able to breathe. When I took that first breath it was heaven,” said Sein, who had the life-changing surgery in January. The 56-year-old former social worker’s trachea was damaged in 2014 when she ...
After years of struggling to breathe and fearing she might suffocate in her sleep, Sonia Sein says she feels well enough to dance around with her grandchildren after undergoing the first-ever human trachea transplant at Mount Sinai in New York. "For me, it felt like right after, I was able to breathe. When I took that first breath it was heaven," said Sein, who had the life-changing surgery in January. The 56-year-old former social worker's trachea was damaged in 2014 when she had to go on a ventilator because of a bad asthma attack. Sein went through multiple surgeries in hopes of cor...