Northwestern Medicine on Monday celebrated the health system’s first double-lung transplants for two patients who have a rare genetic condition that alters the normal positions of their organs.
According to Northwestern, Deer's interstitial lung disease was caused by polymyositis, which is muscle inflammation and weakness."I spent a lot of time not being able to breathe, I was on supplemental oxygen and it was terrible, said Deer."I would walk ten steps and I was gasping for air."
"Before [the transplant], I felt like a prisoner, that’s the best way to describe it," said Vega, who received the transplant on April 28."Like a bird in a cage. You can still hear the bird sing and it’s a beautiful song, but the song is very sad." Deer, a Cook County Commissioner, celebrated his 51st birthday on Monday. He was also moved by the progress he has made, after being sworn in as commissioner in 2022 in a hospital bed.
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