Article: Toronto General Hospital reports that its double lung transplant patient, Doris Matthews, continues to make steady progress.

TORONTO, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- 32-year old Doris Matthews of Hull, Mass., continues to make steady progress and her condition was today upgraded from serious to fair.

On Friday, Jan. 9, she underwent a double lung transplant at the Toronto General Hospital. Matthews, who was suffering from emphysema prior to the transplant was moved out of intensive care on Jan. 15. Her remarkable progress has prompted her team to suggest she might be home within a month. Doris Matthews represents the second successful double lung transplant in the world. The first successful ...

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