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    After a rare double lung retransplant, teen gets a special visit with Sue the T. rex

    CHICAGO -- The many months Josh Burton was in the hospital, dinosaurs kept him company. They were there when his lungs failed, comforting him while he awaited the miracle of new lungs, just as his first dinosaur, a stuffed animal purple Barney, buoyed him as a small child. And when those lungs also failed and his family faced the impossible, when hospitals told them over and over they would ...
    by Alison Bowen, Chicago Tribune Sep 28, 2023 5 minutes
    Josh Burton, who had a double lung retransplant, and his mother, Kelly Burton, get a look at some of the artifacts in a collection of the Field Museum in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2023.

    CHICAGO -- The many months Josh Burton was in the hospital, dinosaurs kept him company.

    They were there when his lungs failed, comforting him while he awaited the miracle of new lungs, just as his first dinosaur, a stuffed animal purple Barney, buoyed him as a small child.

    And when those lungs also failed and his family faced the impossible, when hospitals told them over and over they would not be able to try to save him, toy dinosaurs kept watch as his body struggled to breathe.

    Josh Burton is a soft-spoken, studious 17-year-old from Madison, Wisconsin, who is now on his third set of lungs.

    In 2020, he had shortness of breath after helping a neighbor retrieve a runway pet. He told his mom, Kelly Burton, he felt like he

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