Data: How does the U.S. womenâs soccer team pay compare to the men? U.S. Midfielder Megan Rapinoe is fouled by Colombia defender Angela Clavijo during the round of 16 in the FIFA 2015 womenâs World Cup. The U.S. went on to win the competition, their third World Cup championship.
Colleen Kohse is believed to be the longest living cystic fibrosis patient/survivor of a double heart/lung transplant. She went to England in 1989 for that and is celebrating two decades of good health. She is here with her Louisiana Catahoula Leopard dog named Bandit. Photograph by: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun.
1 Because of the fragility of the lung, the survival rates for lung transplant patients are not as good as for solid organ transplants, with a five-year survival rate of about 50-60%.2  The biggest limiting factor in lung transplant is having enough suitable lung donors.e are the oldest and largest lung transplant program in the state of Michigan. On average, we perform 20-40 lung transplants a year with a current patient survival rate of 97% one year after the procedure.