Transplant helps 1-year-old beat relentless infection

The key moments may not have been quite as gripping as a heart or liver transplant, but last summer Grant Fisher of Fond du Lac regained his health thanks to a profoundly personal and entirely biological donation from his mother. On Aug. 3 Grant became the first child in the Midwest, one of the first five in the country, and, at 18 months old, possibly the youngest to undergo FMT — fecal microbiota transplantation — also known, among other, less delicate names, as a stool transfer. “After what we’ve been through, we are more than happy to share the news,” said Grant’s mother, Autumn Fisher. Full Story: Fond du Lac Reporter