KUALA LUMPUR: Heart transplant girl Tee Hui Yi's body is showing almost no rejection of the new organ she received.
National Heart Institute heart and lung transplant unit clinical director, Dr Mohamed Ezani Md Taib, said a biopsy conducted yesterday showed that her body was experiencing Grade 1A rejection.
“It means almost no rejection,” he said when contacted yesterday.
Lower grade numbers meant low levels of rejection while Grade Four was the highest level of transplanted organs.
Dr Ezani said Hui Yi was put back on a ventilator to help her with breathing.
“She was not strong enough. She is still weak. She needs more nutrition,” he said, adding that she would be on it for another day.
He said Hui Yi was also doing her exercises well.
Hui Yi went through two operations – on Oct 3 and Oct 4 – after her body rejected the first heart which came from a 15-year-old boy from Sitiawan, Perak.
She fared better with the second heart from a 20-year-old mechanic, declared brain dead after an accident in Johor Baru, enabling her to have a second transplant.
As for the patient who received the 15-year-old's lungs, Dr Ezani said he completed a 300m walk without any problem.
“This is amazing. Before the transplant, he was completely tied down to the oxygen cylinder.”
This article was originally published in theStar Online.
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