The dream for Cho, who had suffered from a rare disease affecting digestion, finally came true after she had seven internal organs transplanted at one time in October.
Cho had chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome since birth. As her intestines barely moved, they didn’t absorb nutrition and she threw up food when she ate. She could only receive nutrients through injections.
It is a very rare disease, with only some 10 people in the country with it and organ transplants are the only known cure.
Read more: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/02/117_105057.html
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