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10-year-old sarah murnaghan is on a long road to recovery after getting a new set of lungs this week from an adult donor. sarah's case sparked a national debate over transplant rules. on the facebook page, sarah's mom posted a message about a new policy change. said she wanted to clear up, quote, misconceptions" about sarah's case. >> reporter: after a lifetime of cystic fibrosis, 18 months on a waiting list for a child's donor lungs, 10-year-old sarah murnaghan's chances for survival slim. >> we knew at some point she would need new lungs. we hoped it would be much further down the road but o...

The little girl whose story sparked a national debate over transplant rules is now spending her first day with a new set of donor lungs. doctors say 10-year-old sarah murnaghan's lung transplant was a success. the committee that sets the transplant rules temporarily changed its policy to give young kids equal access to adult organs. that decision on monday allowed sarah to receive the donated lung yesterday. her family is optimistic that little sarah will be walking and playing soon again. good for her. in london, the duchess of cambridge now a god mother. not in the traditional sense. she d...

The mob boss. so for him to have to sit there and willen to this as a murderer who killed women, you could see the frustration but he has to sit there quietly, and he has been. >> all right, milton. thank you for the update. time now for a gut check on "newsnation." sarah murnaghan, the 10-year-old girl whose family fought to get her on the adult transplant list is in surgery after a donor was found. is surgery is expected to last six hours. last week a federal judge ruled on saryr sarah's behalf. the donor of sarah's new lungs was indeed an adult. what does your gut tell you? do you think s...

Jovan died while waiting for a lung on the children's transplant list. he was the same age javier is now and also suffered from cystic fibrosis. >> it's hard for me to tell my son, you know, you have to have faith and be hopeful, and this is going to happen for you, and inside knowing the chances are slim. it really hurts. it's my only child now. and knowing the facts. >> reporter: and turning 12 is significant in these cases because that's how old you have to be to get on a priority list for adult lungs. juvenile lungs are much harder to find. if the current transplant rules do not change, ch...

A 10-year-old girl's battle to live. her name is sarah murnaghan. doctors say she will die possibly within weeks. sarah has been waiting for more than 18 months for donor lungs from another child. it's a fact that pediatric lungs are scarce, scarcer than lungs from adult donors. here is another hard fact. children younger than 12, including sarah, no matter how sick they are, face a steep hurdle when it comes to getting adult lungs. the current transplant rules prevent them from being prioritized from being on the waiting list for adult lungs. sarah's parents filed a lawsuit. and a judge signe...