Parents to Sebelius: Tweak Transplant Law, Save Our Kid

Parents in Pennsylvania are calling for Kathleen Sebelius' help: Their 10-year-old daughter could have just weeks to live without a lung transplant, but current rules stand in her way. Suffering from cystic fibrosis, Sarah Murnaghan has been waiting for 18 months for a transplant. She's at the top of her region's list for pediatric lungs. But adult lungs are available much more frequently, and doctors say modified adult organs could help Murnaghan. Trouble is, she's not eligible to get adult lungs unless everyone on the adult list rejects them.

"We have sent a letter to Secretary Sebelius, stating for her why this is in the scope of her ability to change this law for all of the children rather than let her wait and die," Sarah's mother, Janet, tells CNN. The health secretary has told the family she can't intervene in an individual case but is calling for a review of the rules. A change to the law, however, could take two years."This isn't politics; this is a human issue ... We're gonna let a kid die over red tape?" the mother asks. (More Kathleen Sebelius stories.)