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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Alex Lang and Lauran Neergaard

‘I’m superwoman’: Alabama woman with pig organ inside her is thriving two months after transplant

Towana Looney, who received a pig kidney transplant in November 2024, goes over notes about her recovery with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health in New York. She has lived for 61 days with the pig organ inside her - (AP)

After a record-setting two months of living with a pig organ inside of her, an Alabama woman is showing no signs of slowing down after the transplant.

"I'm superwoman," Towana Looney told The Associated Press, laughing about outpacing family members on long walks around New York City as she continues her recovery. "It's a new take on life."

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