A 22-year-old man who vaped required a double lung transplant
A 22-year-old North Dakota man received a double lung transplant earlier this month after being on life support for 70 days.
A 22-year-old man received a double lung transplant earlier this month after being on life support for 70 days.
Jackson Allard, a North Dakota resident, went to the emergency room for a stomach ache in October, but was instead admitted to the hospital because his oxygen levels had dipped too low. The news was first reported by Valley News Live based on a GoFundMe page set up by an Allard's family friend.
Doctors in North Dakota diagnosed Allard with parainfluenza, a virus that can cause respiratory infections, which spiraled into pneumonia, then acute respiratory distress syndrome — a life-threatening injury caused by fluid buildup in the lungs.
“When they did X-rays, you couldn’t even see his heart. It was all white. So that means the whole lung was full of fluid,” said Doreen Hurlburt, Allard’s grandmother.
Hurlburt said Allard had used e-cigarettes since he was 16 or 17, but recently started vaping more heavily.
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