Holly Bergo was running out of time. The Moorhead nurse waited for new lungs for more than a year as an incurable disease relentlessly claimed her own pair and landed her at the top of the Mayo Clinic’s transplant list. Her rare blood type and petite frame stretched out the wait…

The Mayo team expanded the donor search area. A matching set was found by Saturday.

Inforum, by Mila Koumpilova, 2/8/2010

Tags: lung transplant, Pulmonary, Transplant