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Young man gets rare heart-lung transplant at UW after breathing problems worsen

Doctors told Daniel Wilburn’s family he had asthma. But when the 24-year-old’s breathing problems turned worse this spring, tests showed major blood clots in his lungs had put so much pressure on his heart that all of the organs were failing. On April 4, Easter Sunday, Wilburn got a second chance for life with a rare heart-lung transplant at UW Hospital.