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Man who received nation’s first ‘breathing lung’ transplant at UCLA thankful for gift of life

Grandfather, 57, looks forward to celebrating Easter with family and friends

Fernando Padilla could barely breathe or walk more than a few steps. An incurable disease, pulmonary fibrosis, was causing his lungs to turn to hardened scar tissue, and he was permanently tethered to an oxygen tank. His only hope was a double lung transplant.

In November 2012, he got an early-morning call that a pair of donor lungs was available. (more…)

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