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Spring Survey Results 2012

Meet “Tom & Jerry”

Program: Meet “Tom & Jerry”

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Andrew Schorr:

Annette, could you come up here, and I want you to come up with somebody who has helped you, and that is Dr. Mike Mulligan. Dr. Mulligan is a lung surgeon, and among the things he does is lung transplant, and this is a woman who had a lung transplant.  Annette Lasher, now you have a name for your left and right lungs. Come step up to the microphone here.

Anette Lusher:

Well one reason; this angel, my hero Dr. Mike, there he is; when he transplanted me I had read up on everything, and they extubated me pretty fast after surgery, and I looked at the medical team and my friends were there, and I said you can tell me what’s one I know for a fact I have male lungs, and they looked at me like you’re crazy, and I’m like yeah I know I’m crazy, but that has nothing to do with it.

Because they’re male lungs, why?  I said my chest is so much fuller, and I know that I learned a little bit in school that male lung capacity is 1.85 liters, larger than females, and I said I breathe deeper.  Of course I was six years on oxygen prior, but nevertheless I looked at them and I said they’re special lungs. They’re not just my lungs, and because they’re special lungs, this is “Tom” and this is “Jerry.”

Andrew Schorr:

Tom and Jerry. <<Laughter from audience>>

Anette Lusher:

So I live with Tom and Jerry too.  As a matter of fact, I met my donor’s family last year.  Yes it was a very, very profound experience, and now I know the name of my donor, and I was right, it was male lungs, and his name was Robert.  So I’m the only woman in the world who can say with a smile I live happily with four men together.

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