Prognosis
Double-Lung Transplants Rise After Covid ‘Honeycombs’ Organs
- Virus triggers rise in life-saving surgeries: Cleveland Clinic
- Lungs can resemble honeycomb after virus damage, inflammation
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John Micklus’s battle with Covid-19 began last Christmas and ended five weeks later with lungs so damaged that doctors said there was nothing they could do to save him.
“The doctor’s recommendation was to get my affairs in order,” Micklus said. The 62-year-old called his wife from his hospital bed in southern Maryland. She, in turn, desperately called several physicians, and eventually learned of one last option: A double-lung transplant.