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♪ >> Karen: A GROSSE POINTE
TEENAGER WITH EVERYTHING IN
FRONT OF HIM UNTIL THE CHOICE TO
VAPE NEARLY TOOK IT ALL AWAY.
>> SOME PEOPLE DON’T THINK IT
WILL HAPPEN TO THEM.
I THINK I HAD FEELINGS LIKE
THAT, TOO.
THAT, TOO. >> YOU WOULD TELL THEM NOW WHAT?
>> LIKE, LOOK AT ME.
>> Karen: TONIGHT, THIS YOUNG
MAN WANTS YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT
HIM AND LISTEN, REALLY LISTEN!
>> Jason: WORD CAME THAT DOCTORS
AT HELPRY FORD HAD PERFORMED A
DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT, THE
FIRST IN THE U.S., MADE
NECESSARY BECAUSE OF VAPING.
WE KNEW ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT THE
YOUNG PATIENT THEN.
>> Karen: TONIGHT, A LOCAL 4
EXCLUSIVE, FOR THE FIRST TIME
MEET THE TEENAGER WHO VERY
NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE TO A VAPE
PEN.
PEN. HE AND HIS MOTHER SAT DOWN IN
THEIR GROSSE POINTE HOME WITH
OUR DEVIN SCILLIAN.
>> I THOUGHT, WELL, IF ALL MY
FRIENDS ARE STILL DOING IT AND
NOT HAVING ISSUES AND DOING IT
WAY MORE THAN ME, THEN I WOULD
BE FINE.
BE FINE. >> Devin: BUT HE WASN’T FINE.
NO, HE DIDN’T KNOW IT, BUT HE
WAS A LONG, LONG WAY FROM FINE.
AND THERE CAME A DID DAY IN
SEPTEMBER WHEN HE HAD A HEADACHE
AND A FEVER THAT SPIKED TO 104.
>> I REMEMBER GOING INTO THE
E.R. AND BEING THERE FOR ABOUT
AN HOUR.
AN HOUR. AND THEN I DON’T REMEMBER
ANYTHING AND I NEVER LEFT THE
HOSPITAL AFTER THAT.
>> Devin: DANIEL IS OR WAS AN
ATHLETE, IN TERRIFIC SHAPE, A
RUNNER WHO DREAMED OF ONE DAY
BECOMING A NAVY SEAL.
SAFE TO SAY HE HAD KEPT HIS
LUNGS IN VERY FINE WORKING
ORDER, BUT HE WAS DOING
SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEARLY
ERASE THEM FROM HIS CHEST.
HE HAD BEEN VAPING, LIKE JUST
ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE HE KNEW.
HOW COMMONPLACE WAS IT AMONG NOT
JUST YOUR FRIENDS --
>> IT’S BASICALLY EVERYONE.
IT’S MORE RARE TO FIND SOMEONE
WHO DOESN’T, I WOULD SAY.
>> Devin: AND GOING ON EVEN IN
SCHOOL BECAUSE IT’S SO EASY TO
HIDE, RIGHT?
HIDE, RIGHT? >> PEOPLE DO IT IN CLASSES AND
BATHROOMS MOSTLY.
BATHROOMS MOSTLY. >> Devin: DO YOU REMEMBER THE
MOMENT WHEN YOU STARTED TO
DEVELOP A PROBLEM?
HAD A PROBLEM WAS THE DAY I HAD
THE FEVER, THE ONLY SYMPTOMS.
>> Devin: SO IT WENT FROM ZERO
TO 60 OUT OF THE GATE.
>> I DON’T REMEMBER ANYTHING
UNTIL I HAD TO GO TO THE E.R.
AND HAD TO GET NEW LUNGS.
>> Devin: WHAT A STRANGE THING
TO SAY, I HAD TO GET NEW LUNGS.
HE HAS SO MANY DAYS HE CANNOT
REMEMBER, HIS MOTHER AS JUST AS
MANY DAYS SHE’LL NEVER BE ABLE
TO FORGET.
TO FORGET. >> THEY KEPT ASKING ME, DO YOU
THINK HE WOULD WANT TO LIVE?
BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO KNOW
THAT.
THAT. I WAS JUST LIKE, HE’S A
16-YEAR-OLD KID, OF COURSE HE
WANTS TO LIVE.
>> Devin: THERE WAS PLENTY OF
CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG.
A DOCTOR SUGGESTED HE GO HOME.
TAMMY KNEW SHE OCCASIONALLY
NEEDED TO LEAVE THE ROOM SO THAT
NURSES COULD GET TO THE TRUTH.
DANIEL TOLD THEM WHAT HE HADN’T
WANTED TO TELL HIS MOM ABOUT
VAPING, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE HAD
WARNED HIM TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
>> I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS VAPING,
AND HE SAID NO AGAIN.
>> Devin: TWO HOSPITALS LATER,
DANIEL WAS NOW AT HENRY FORD
HOSPITAL AND GETTING WORSE, TO
THE POINT WHERE HE NEEDED TO BE
HOOKED UP TO A LUNG MACHINE.
HIS DOCTOR SAID HE HAD NEVER
SEEN A WORSE LUNG X-RAY, AS IF
HIS LUNGS HAD VANISHED.
AND THE DOCTOR SAID HE WAS
FACING CERTAIN DEATH.
UNABLE TO GENERATE ANY LUNG
POWER, THEY ARRIVED AT THE
EXTREME.
EXTREME. A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT IS
HARDLY COMMONPLACE, AND FINDING
A SUITABLE PAIR OF LUNGS IS A
MOON SHOT.
MOON SHOT. IT BECAME AVAILABLE.
BAD NEWS FOR A FAMILY SOMEWHERE
ELSE WAS GOOD NEWS FOR THIS
FAMILY.
FAMILY. AN UNFORTUNATE HISTORY WAS MADE.
DANIEL BECAME THE FIRST PATIENT
TO RECEIVE A DOUBLE LUNG
TRANSPLANT DUE TO VAPING.
>> HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 40
DAYS.
DAYS. THE TRANSPLANT HAPPENED ON THE
40th DAY.
40th DAY. >> Devin: 6 HOURS OF SURGERY
SAVED HIS LIFE.
BUT IT’S HARDLY AN OUTPATIENT
PROCEDURE.
PROCEDURE. HE HAD TO LEARN TO BREATHE
AGAIN.
AGAIN. >> Devin: HOW DID YOU LEARN TO
BREATHE AGAIN?
BREATHE AGAIN? >> I DON’T KNOW.
IT WAS LIKE -- I HONESTLY DON’T
KNOW.
KNOW. I REMEMBER I COULDN’T TIME IT,
LIKE IT WAS HARD TO TIME IT.
IT FELT LIKE I WAS LOSING ALL MY
AIR.
AIR. >> Devin: AND I’M ASSUMING
THERE’S A CRAZY SCAR.
>> SO THE SCAR GOES FROM HERE
AND IT GOES UP LIKE THIS AND
THEN ONCE THEY CUT LIKE THAT,
THEN THEY CUT LIKE THIS ON MY
STERNUM.
STERNUM. THEY CUT MY STERNUM IN HALF.
THEY PULLED MY RIBS OPEN, AND
THEN DID THE LUNGS.
>> Devin: THERE IS NO MORE
HIDING FROM IT.
HE IS SAYING YES, HE VAPED, YES,
HE VAPED THC, AND YES, IT NEARLY
KILLED HIM.
KILLED HIM. HE IS SAYING YES IN THE HOPES HE
CAN CONVINCE OTHERS TO SAY NO.
>> A LOT OF MY FRIENDS HAVE, AND
THAT MAKES IT HOPEFUL FOR THE
FUTURE FOR ME, THAT I CAN SAVE
PEOPLE FROM IT.
>> Devin: HE IS ALREADY COME TO
UNDERSTAND THAT A NUMBER OF HIS
FRIENDS CAN’T JUST QUIT, EVEN
AFTER WATCHING WHAT HAPPENED TO
HIM.
HIM. TONIGHT AT 11:00, WE’LL SEE THE
LIST INCLUDES DAVID AMENT, HIS
TWIN BROTHER WHO IS FINDING IT’S
A TOUGH HABIT TO BREAK.
>> Jason: CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
HOW CAN YOU NOT AFTER SEEING
WHAT IT CAN DO.
>> Karen: BUT IT SHOWS HOW
ADDICTIVE IT IS.
AND I GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR HAVING
THE COURAGE TO SHARE THE STORY
AND ADMIT WHAT HE WAS DOING AND
HARD TO ADMIT, HE HAD TO TELL
THE NURSE FIRST.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LOTS OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT VAPING.
SO WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A
HELPFUL RESOURCE GUIDE ON OUR
WEBSITE, CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
WEBSITE, CLICKONDETROIT.COM. >> Jason: GO TO THE HEALTH PAGE,
INCLUDING THE RISKS FOR OUR
KIDS.
KIDS. AND IT ALSO HAS A TIP SHEET ON
HOW TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT