Addison Rerecich - Wikipedia
Addison Rerecich (October 1, 1999 – December 30, 2019) [1] was an American double-lung transplant recipient who spent the longest documented duration of time using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy at 93 days. [2] [3] She underwent the transplant at age 11 in 2011 and was the subject of a 2013 episode of Frontline on PBS.
'Pink Ninja' Addison Rerecich dies at 20 - Arizona Daily Star
4 天之前 · Addison Rerecich, who made headlines and medical history in 2011 when she contracted an antibiotic-resistant staph infection that led to a double lung transplant weeks before she turned 12, died...
An Update on Survivors Addie Rerecich and David Ricci | FRONTLINE …
When FRONTLINE’s Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria premiered in 2013, Addie Rerecich and David Ricci were still struggling with the consequences of devastating antibiotic resistant infections. Four...
Addison Rerecich, beloved Tucsonan passes away at age 20
2019年12月31日 · TUCSON - A young 20-year-old who captured the hearts of thousands across the community passed away on Monday. Addison Rerecich contracted an antibiotic-resistant staph infection and underwent a...
Addison Elise “Addie” Rerecich (1999-2019) - Find a Grave
1999年10月1日 · In 2011, Addison Rerecich contracted an antibiotic-resistant staph infection and underwent a double lung transplant when she was 11 years old. She spent three months in the hospital, where her nurses gave her the nickname "Pink Ninja." In late-December 2019, Addie's body started to reject her lungs.
Patient Stories: Addie Rerecich - IDSA
Doctors ordered a culture of her blood, and found her body was overcome with a Staphylococcus infection, a condition called sepsis. The infection had begun growing as an abscess in her hip muscle, and spread into her blood, eventually causing a devastating bacterial pneumonia in …
Local girl near death is saved by double-lung transplant
Addison "Addie" Rerecich was so ill and her young lungs so damaged that she spent more than three months hooked up to an external lung that breathed for her.
Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria | FRONTLINE - PBS
2013年10月22日 · What's happened to Rerecich and Ricci since they survived life-threatening infections?
When Antibiotics Don’t Work | FRONTLINE (full documentary)
2021年12月21日 · Addie Rerecich was a happy 11-year-old girl who loved sports and talked a mile a minute. But when a mysterious pain in her hip landed her in the hospital in 2011, she began a downward spiral into the nightmare of a new kind of antibiotic-resistant infection that is confounding doctors across the world.
Just Breathe, in my words, Addison Rerecich's battle to survive a …
Addie wonders why she survived her illness. Why she survived five months in the hospital, numerous medical procedures, an impossible 93 days on ECMO, a machine that breathed for her, and lived to go back to school and be with family and friends. She dislikes the word “survivor” and doesn't want anybody calling her that.