The Orlando Sentinel's Hal Boedeker writes a really nice profile of Fox News Reporter Catherine Herridge post-liver donation to her baby son, Peter:
On June 6, doctors took 20 percent of her liver in a seven-hour operation and transplanted it into Peter in what was a 10-hour operation for him. Peter, who is 9 months old, spent a month in the intensive care unit.
"He's really doing well," Herridge says. "The first year after a transplant is a tough year. Any family in our situation knows that. The drugs they're on make their immune systems weak. You're more likely to get sick. He hasn't had any real problems."
...she praises colleague Greta Van Susteren of On the Record for spotlighting Peter's plight.
"She deserves a lot of credit for telling the story," Herridge says. "Doctors heard from people who didn't know this was an option. This helped a lot of people."
Van Susteren says she followed the story for two reasons: One, transplant surgery has sustained life in miraculous ways. Two, the story was a change of pace.
"Most days, we in the news talk about death and destruction, and I get oversaturated with the bad," Van Susteren says. "I crave the good. I love rubbing shoulders with a mother showing unconditional love for her child."
