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Heroic daughter saves mom's life twice by donating two organs in extreme medical rarity: 'Completely selfless'

A Maryland daughter has now donated two organs to her mother in what doctors are calling an extreme medical rarity.

“The decision-making was super simple. I was doing it as long as I knew I was a match,” the daughter, Eileen Harlin, told Fox News Digital about donating organs to her mother, Julia, 71. 

Both transplants, a partial liver in 2022 and a kidney in December, were conducted at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMCC) in Baltimore. 

Dr. Daniel Maluf, a transplant surgeon at UMCC who operated on the mom and daughter, told Fox News it was a “unique event” for a patient to donate two organs. 

 

“We’ve always had such a strong bond, I guess more now that you’ve got some of my organs in there,” said Eileen. “We’ve always been close.”

“Recovery, I think we’re both doing really well. Slowly but surely, we’re getting there. A little swollen, but we’re moving.”

Hannah Grossman is a Reporter at Fox News Digital.

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