Kiyanna Elliott Marathoner didn't breathe for a month

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/11/health/miracle-marathoner-carlos/index.html?hpt=hp_bn13

A 42-year-old runner Victor Carlos didn't breathe for a month and he almost died; a machine pushed oxygen through his body which kept him alive. In December he contracted a bad case of the flu that led to an acute bacterial infection. By the time he checked into the hospital, Carlos was barely hanging on. Carlos was in deep trouble. He had developed acute respiratory distress syndrome, also known as ARDS. It was slowly killing Carlos by attacking his lungs. Carlos' family was told he had a 40% to 50% chance of survival.Two weeks became four. Carlos didn't take a single breath for a month. Then a breakthrough came, his lungs just started to open up on their own. Seven weeks after entering the hospital, Carlos got to go home. Remarkably, just six months later, Carlos is running. 

This is really nice to read. Today we have so much technology that can help with health issues like this. If this were to happen 50 years ago, the medical field wouldn't be able to. The process is pretty cool to. Its basically your surrogate lungs until you recover. Just wonder if we could do this with all of the organs that we stop working. Then we wouldn't need to do transplants unless absolutely necessary.