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Triple Organ Transplant: Transplant Teams' Performance of a Lifetime Is Music to John Bell's Ears Learn more at InsideBSL.org. John Bell was born with cystic !brosis, but he didn't let that stop him from doing anything he put his mind to as a child and teenager, including beginning piano lessons. When John moved to Houston after high school, he began seeing the cystic !brosis team at the Baylor College of Medicine Lung Institute at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, one of the most comprehensive, multi-specialty lung institutes in Texas. While living in Alaska for two years after leaving Houston, John didn't have access to cystic !brosis care, and his lungs, liver, and kidneys started declining. John returned to Baylor St. Luke's, but the damage to his organs had been done, leaving John unable to remain active and in need of multiple transplants. It was during this time that John was able to reconnect with his passion for music. In May 2018, John underwent a triple transplant at Baylor St. Luke's, receiving three organs—lungs, liver, and kidney—from the same donor simultaneously. This required an amazing collaboration among multiple organ teams and services. Remarkably, John was walking the !rst day out of surgery and out of the ICU three days after his triple transplant. He credits this success to the expertise, dedication, and compassion of his extended team that works hard every day to advance care inside Baylor St. Luke's. "I am so very impressed with the way the surgical teams interacted. There were many moving parts and countless team members that made my procedure happen," said John. "I'm a unique case, and other hospitals would not have performed the triple transplant I received at Baylor St. Luke's. For that, I am forever grateful." In the months since his transplants and with the support from his wife, Isabel, John is now back on the bench and living life on a high note. Triple Organ John Bell was born with cystic !brosis, but he didn't let that stop him from doing anything he put his mind to as a child and teenager, including beginning piano lessons. When John moved to Houston after high Story INSIDE JOHN'S