Brooklyn Woman "Stoked" for New Year's Eve After Massive Transplant

[bemildred]

Not everyone had a terrific 2009, but for Brooklyn resident Kristin Molini it was a life-changing — and likely life-saving — year.

The 22-year-old is doing great following a rare operation that replaced a whopping five new organs after a rare condition, intestinal dysmotility, paralyzed her digestive system. The condition was so serious she had not ingested food since 2005 — subsisting solely on an IV — and she wasted away to a mere 74 pounds.

"I couldn't move. I was going from the bed to the couch," she told the New York Daily News. "I didn't see outside for a while. I didn't think I was going to make it."

However, everything changed this past May when she received a call informing her that she had a donor match, and she quickly took part in a surgery to receive a new liver, stomach, pancreas and large and small intestine during a complicated 13-hour operation that has only been performed about 300 times worldwide since the 1980s.

http://www.tonic.com/article/brooklyn-woman-survives-five-organ-transplant/

[Solly Mack]

1. Wow

I hope she enjoys herself.

[hlthe2b]

2. Wow... I think I'll drink a toast to her tonight (and her medical team)

:toast:

[bemildred]

3. Our health care system does not always suck.

:toast:

[Warpy]

4. Our health CARE is generally top notch

The problem is being able to afford it.

[bemildred]

5. Actually is sucks a lot.

It does not measure up. But money is indeed a big part of the problem. And nothing is broken all the time, and I thought this was a nice story.

[Alameda]

6. so much joy out of a cherrio and a saltine cracker

amazing story! Thanks