About that 10 year old who recieved a second pair of lungs...

[laundry_queen]

14. From what I understand

the lungs she received were lungs that were extremely sub par because she was so critical. The first lungs were subpar also, and never started working, so they had to grab the next available pair that were crappy and likely would've been rejected for most people who were stable on the transplant list.
I'm not against her being on the adult list. The way it works here in Canada is based on who is sickest, regardless of age. I like that way better, especially since it's so rare for smaller children to need lungs.

I have also heard of people crying foul when some who have money are able to go to different transplant centres to get evaluated. I read on one blog someone who could only find 1 transplant center in the entire country who would take her (she had several issues that were linked with transplant failure. Her outlook even after transplant was grim) and within a week she had new lungs. She's still here on the same set of lungs 7 years later - so should she have gotten the lungs? Should her condition have forced her to forgo the transplant (as others with her condition were usually refused and they all died?) and let nature take its course instead? If she wouldn't have pushed for a transplant she wouldn't be here 7 years later, against all odds. What about people who are on the list for the second time because of chronic rejection? Do they deserve to get another set of lungs to survive while some people haven't even had one chance?

Lots of moral and ethical issues that are tough to deal with.