LIKE SCIENCE FICTION. Carmen: IT'S A STORY ABOUT AN INCREDIBLE MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH. Dr. McGeorge: THIS IS PRETTY SLICK! MOST DONATED ORGANS ARE PACKED ON ICE AND TRANSPORTED IN A SIMPLE COOLER LIKE THIS ONE. DOCTORS ARE TESTING A NEW OPTION FOR THIS LIFE-SAVING JOURNEY. WE'LL SHOW YOU THE LUNGS UP CLOSE, SO IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH, CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED. HE HAS INYOURABLE SCARRING IN THE LUNGS. ONCE A CARPET, HE WAS STRUGGLING TO BREATHE. RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T WASH MY CAR. I CAN'T RAKE THE YARD. I CAN'T DO NOTHING. Dr. McGeorge: NOW FERNANDO IS MAKING HISTORY AT UCLA MEDICAL CENTER. HE WAS THE FIRST PATIENT IN THE COUNTRY TO UNDERGO A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT USING LUNGS TRANSPORTED IN A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THEM TO ESSENTIALLY KEEP BREATHING. THE LUNGS ARE GETTING OXYGEN, THE LUNGS ARE GETTING BLOOD. THEY'RE KEPT WARM. IT IS SO REAL TO SEE AN ORGAN THAT IS MOVING AND BREATHING, A REMARKABLE SIGN EVEN FOR SOME OF US WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE FIELD FOR SEVERAL DECADES. THEY HAVE GOT NEW TECHNOLOGY OF BRINGING THEM STILL BREATHING AND STUFF, AND THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN TRYING TO WAKE 'EM BACK UP AGAIN. Dr. McGeorge: A SIMILAR SYSTEM IS BEING TESTED TO TRANSPORT STILL-BEATING HEARTS. FERNANDO IS GRATEFUL TO THE DONOR AND THE FAMILY AND WALKING TWO MILES EVERY DAY. I'M FEELING REALLY GOOD, GETTING STRONGER EVERY DAY. Dr. McGeorge: DOCTORS HOPE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY MAY IMPROVE LUNG FUNCTION AND ALLOW FOR LONGER TRAVEL DISTANCES, MAKING MORE ORGANS AVAILABLE TO SAVE LIVES.