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The lymphatic procedure that ultimately allowed Nadav to leave Australia had been performed on fewer than a dozen patients and was still experimental at the time.
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After Nadav's emergency surgery, the Australian team ran out of options. One doctor warned James that anyone willing to operate again should be viewed with deep suspicion. But the family kept looking. An Australian doctor attempted a lymphatic procedure — it made things worse. Then Tali, reading medical journals late at night, found a paper describing an experimental lymphatic procedure being pioneered at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The procedure had been performed on fewer than a dozen patients. Three words from the Philadelphia doctor — 'I'll evaluate him' — became their magic carpet. The logistics of the actual airlift were extraordinary: a Gulfstream III that had previously evacuated Ebola doctors, a team that had never transported anyone this sick this far, and a nurse who unzipped his jumpsuit mid-flight to reveal a Greg Olsen jersey — a gesture of solidarity linking Nadav to another child with a similar heart condition [1] — James G. Robinson "The procedure that got Nadav out of Australia wasn't found by his medical team. It was found by his mother, Tali, who was reading medical j…" 31:10 .
The procedure that got Nadav out of Australia wasn't found by his medical team. It was found by his mother, Tali, who was reading medical journals. The procedure had been performed on fewer than a dozen patients. It was still experimental inside the hospital that developed it. Three words from the Philadelphia doctor — 'I'll evaluate him' — became their magic carpet home.
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