A British woman who couldn’t conceive after years of trying was preparing for surgery to have her ovaries removed when she discovered she was pregnant. Caroline Darlington, 39, and her husband, Roy, 48, from Warrington, Cheshire, tried to have children for years, even turning to IVF. Eventually, they accepted their family was complete with their…
Childless Woman Preparing to Have Her 2nd Cystic Ovary Removed Learns She Is Pregnant
Dad of 2 With Rare Cancer Undergoes Surgery to Rebuild a Quarter of His Heart
A Canadian man with a rare cancerous tumor on his heart is now in recovery and back home after undergoing life-saving surgery to rebuild about a quarter of his heart. A father of two little boys, Ross Mangan, 31, from Kingston, Ontario, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last year, reported Global News. To…
Mom of 2 Sheds an Incredible 70lb During Maternity Leave by Walking 3.8 Million Steps
A mother from England who managed to lose an incredible 70 pounds (32 kg) during her maternity leave by walking 3.8 million steps and changing her diet has rewarded herself with a body-lift surgery. Michelle Veszpremi, 38, from Rugeley, Staffordshire, was determined to not keep the weight she gained while carrying her second child, Toby, now 2, …
Huntington Beach Man Receives Nation’s First Minimally-Invasive Double-Lung Transplant
May 31, 2021
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A Huntington Beach man’s life was saved after he received the nation’s first minimally-invasive double-lung transplant surgery. Frank Coburn, 57, had trouble breathing for years. With previous doctors diagnosing him with asthma, no medication was helping his case. Then, in March 2020, he received more tests and was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a type of interstitial lung disease. This was…
500lb Woman Had to Lose 300lb or Suffer Pain for Rest of Her Life—and She Did It in 30 Months
After her incredible weight-loss journey, a south Texas mother has gone viral. She says her main motivation was finding out she needed brain decompression surgery—a procedure that was out of the question when she weighed nearly 500 pounds (227 kg). Today, Evelyn Morales LaGrange is unrecognizable compared to her former self. After getting a gastric…
Formerly Conjoined Twins Thriving 5 Years After Separation Reunite With Hospital Family to Celebrate
Formerly conjoined twins—who underwent an unprecedented separation procedure—just celebrated five years of life since their operation. The South Texas twins are healthy and thriving, thanks to the expertise of pediatric surgeon Dr. Haroon Patel and the team at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Scarlett and Ximena Torres were born conjoined, a rare and surprising story on its…
Twins Conjoined at Head Survived Separation, Are Now 4, Thriving, Prepping for Skull Reconstruction
Twins Erin and Abby Delaney, who were born joined at the head, captured the world’s attention when they first survived separation surgery in 2016. They went on to thrive as toddlers; and now the feisty twins are 4 and preparing for their next major milestone: having cranial reconstruction. Born to parents Riley and Heather Delaney,…
Tiger Woods Transferred to LA Hospital After Surgery
LOS ANGELES—Tiger Woods was moved Thursday to another Los Angeles hospital after undergoing surgery to his right leg after being badly injured in a car crash. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said Woods was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for “continuing orthopedic care and recovery.” The hospital didn’t provide any other details, saying it was respecting patient…
Baby Swallows Bicycle Bearing, Doctors Perform Rare Surgery to Remove It
A baby girl was saved from near death after she swallowed a 5-centimeter-wide (approx. 2-inch) piece of metal that got wedged in her throat. The 9-month-old baby, who hasn’t been named, struggled to breathe after the incident and kept crying nonstop. The worried parents, from a small village near Kurnool City in India, rushed their little daughter…
Provinces Catch Up on Cancelled Surgeries, but Long Waits Persist
Many surgeries cancelled by lockdowns last spring have since taken place, but experts say even the best-performing provinces still struggle with chronically long wait times. In British Columbia, about 30,000 procedures were cancelled or never scheduled during the two-month shutdown last spring. The province recently reported that as of Nov. 12, 2020, surgeries had been…
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