22 year old Kritsin Molini, who was diagnosed with a rare disease in 2003, which would not let her digest food, is now happily ringing in the New Year with her friends and family, seven months after undergoing the only surgery which could save her - a transplant of 5 of her vital organs involved in digestion.

Since she was diagnosed with intestinal dysmotility in junior high, Kristin's health had been steadily deteriorating, until she weighed only 74 pounds and had to be put on IV just to keep her alive. But that gave her other health problems and that was when the doctors decided to go ahead and undertake the procedure.

In May of 2009, Kristin received a new liver, stomach, pancreas, and large and small intestines. The surgery, known as ultivisceral transplantation, is extremely rare, and across the world, only
300 of these have been performed.

"It's still a very uncommon surgery. This is considered very high risk", said r. Tomoaki Kato, Director of the Liver and Intestinal Transplant Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia.

Now with the surgery over, Kristin is looking at an all new life, and while she is not completely out of danger yet, her recovery has been good and she's gaining weight as well.