November 1, 1986 – The heart and lungs of a
21-year-old cheerleader from North Dakota State University–Fargo were
transplanted into a 33-year-old woman from Moorhead, Minn. at the University of
Minnesota Hospital. It was the state’s second heart-lung transplant. The
recipient, Delores Selidan, “was born with Eisenmenger’s syndrome, a severe
heart defect that allows oxygen-poor blue blood to bypass the lungs, reducing
the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body.” The donor, Janis
Thompson, lost her balance and fell during a dismount from the top of a pyramid
during cheerleading practice and landed on her head. She was declared brain
dead on Friday, October 31.
Minneapolis Star and Tribune; “One
women’s death helps another to live”; November 4, 1986; pp. 1A & 7A.
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