Patricio Collera considers Aug. 25, 2022, his new birthday. That’s the day the Vernon Hills resident received a new lease on life with a liver and lung transplant thanks to the skills of physicians at ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- He spent 25 years caring for hospital patients, as a nurse. Now, he's the one receiving end, becoming the first person to receive a liver and lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine.
'Am I dreaming or am I alive?' Thanksgiving has special meaning for this double transplant recipient
In August, as Patricio Collera was wheeled into the operating room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago for a rare and complicated surgery, he told his wife, Evelyn, it might be the last time ...
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