Maryland’s Health Matters - Upper Chesapeake - Spring 2017 - 12
SPOTLIGHT:
After Robert Young
services, and Jay Menaker,
found the University of
MD, associate professor
Maryland, he connected
of surgery and medical
with Taliba Anderson, a
director of the lung resus-
lung-transplant administrative
citation unit, where Lia was
assistant, who quickly took
successfully cared for and
Lia's medical records into
listed for a lung transplant.
Robert and their 18-
a transplant meeting to start
the review process.
The very next day, a doctor
year-old daughter, Telia,
took a separate flight to
at the Dallas hospital walked
Baltimore and were soon in
into Lia's room and handed
the Shock Trauma Center
Robert a stack of papers.
with Lia. With about 10
UMMC was going to take
doctors and nurses treating
Lia with the goal of giving
Lia, Dr. Iacono pulled Robert
her a lung transplant.
and Telia into his office
Lia was put on ECMO, the
for a chat.
"I bought into his confi-
machine that allows her lungs
to rest, and three days later
dence. He was so confident
a special medical jet was
in what he could do," Robert
used to transport Lia from
says. "It boosted my morale,
Dallas to Baltimore.
because I was mentally gone."
The key for Lia was to find
"I remember cold air
coming off the jet, siren
a donor with the same chest
sounds getting in the
size and blood type, and to
ambulance, then the next
use plasmapheresis to work
thing I remember is everyone
around her high antibodies.
in pink scrubs around me,"
Within 24 hours of arriving
says Lia, who was uncon-
at UMMC, there was a match.
The day after her transplant,
scious much of the time after
being put on life support.
She was transported
Lia woke up with severe chest
pain and didn't realize she had
to the Lung Rescue Unit
gotten new lungs. Lia used her
in the R Adams Cowley
finger to draw lungs on her
Shock Trauma Center, led by
chest and gave the thumbs-
Thomas Scalea, MD, FACS,
down sign. Robert shook his
MCCM, the Honorable
head, but Lia scrunched her
Francis X. Kelly Distinguished
face in disbelief. After reassur-
Professor of Trauma
ance that she did, in fact, have
Surgery, physician-in-chief
the surgery, tears rolled down
of the Shock Trauma Center
her face.
"Oh, my goodness,"
at University of Maryland
Medical Center, and UMMS
Lia said. "That's why my
system chief for critical care
chest hurts."
12 MARYLAND'S HEALTH MATTERS
To watch a video about Lia's story, visit umm.edu/TexasMom.
http://www.umm.edu/TexasMom
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