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.