Items Tagged ‘Lung Transplant’
November 10, 2016
Harmonica Lessons Just What the Doctor Ordered for Patients With Lung Conditions
By In the Loop 
It’s been called a harp, a Mississippi saxophone, and (Cory’s favorite) a tin sandwich. And lately, the harmonica has been getting called something else: good medicine. As The Wall Street Journal reports, harmonica classes are popping up in rehabilitation programs for patients with lung conditions or breathing difficulties. It turns out that playing the harmonica […]
Tags: Dr. Cesar Keller, Harmonica, Lung Transplant, Pulmonary Rehabilitation
August 11, 2016
Transplant Patient Takes Home Gold (and Three Silvers) in the Transplant Games
By In the Loop
Although the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro continue, Mayo Clinic lung transplant patient Curtis Higgons is already back home in Jacksonville polishing his medals. Granted, he didn’t get them in Rio, but he did earn them during a competition that’s also a pretty big deal: The 2016 Transplant Games of America. “They’re […]
Tags: Lung Transplant
October 15, 2015
Happy Birthday, From Your Friends in the ICU
By In the Loop
Austin Kemp got a new lease on life on Aug. 6, when he received a new set of lungs in a transplant surgery at Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus. It had been a long journey for the soon-to-be 22-year-old. And it looked like complications would make it a little longer, keeping him in the ICU and […]
Tags: Kelly Johnson, Lung Transplant