A 13-year-old boy from Wheaton, Maryland, who made headlines last month when he finally received four donor organs after a five-year wait received a second set of organs two weeks later after his body rejected the first set.
The second set of organs--a liver, pancreas, stomach, and small intestine--was located near Pittsburgh. Ironically, the boy's family had moved to Miami to become eligible for the first transplant after spending several years on the University of Pittsburgh's waiting list. Surgeons said it was too early to comment on Daniel's prognosis.
According to Reuters news service, "doctors had had to cut away part of the boy's second new liver, because his condition was so critical he was given donor organs from an adult rather than risking the wait for a suitable child donor." Although the boy, Daniel Canal, originally needed only a small intestine, his other organs weakened during the years he was waiting for a transplant.
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