Kylie, a 6-month-old girl born with a life-threatening lung disorder, is now breathing on her own thanks to a rare double lung transplant performed at Texas Children’s Hospital.
When she was born, Kylie was immediately placed on a ventilator due to surfactant B deficiency, a rare genetic condition that causes abnormalities in the lining of the lung tissue and makes breathing difficult.
Once the Overfield family arrived at Texas Children’s in January, doctors informed them the most effective treatment was a double lung transplant. Only 35 lung transplants have been performed on babies under the age of one in the United States over the past decade.
Thankfully, just two months after being placed on the waiting list for a bilateral lung transplant, doctors found a match for Kylie. She underwent a successful double transplant procedure in April, with more than a dozen doctors and nurses overseeing the 11-hour surgery.
Kylie is hitting recovery milestones and expected to be discharged soon.
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