Lung transplant

Samoa’s first successful lung transplant patient

Last Saturday morning, Tali’s family and friends came together for a special mass to give thanks and praise to God on the one-year anniversary of her bilateral lung transplant in India.

For 35-year old Tali of Sinamoga and Vaitele, the journey has been one that has drawn her closer to God as she describes her experience as nothing short of a miracle.
Tali and her husband returned home in December last year after spending thirteen months in Chennai, where she received the highest level of medical treatment.

Awaiting transplant, mom lives 6 days without lungs

The surgeons would remove not just one but both of Melissa Benoit's lungs.

The Burlington, Ontario, woman was was so sick, she could not speak for herself.

"I was unconscious at this point and had been for some time," Melissa Benoit said. "So (my family) made the decision based on my previous wishes -- just knowing who I am."