A judge says an 11 - old boy should also be eligible for artificial lungs . Parents say a policy prevents many children under 11 from getting a lung . The ruling comes a day after a similar ruling for 10-year - old Sarah Murnaghan . Murnaghan 's father , Fran , told CNN 's `` Anderson Cooper 360Ëš '' on Wednesday that his daughter , who has cystic fibrosis , has declined slightly in the past two days . ` Sarah has cystic fibrosis and may have just begun to cough .
A judge says an 11 - old boy should also be eligible for artificial lungs . Parents say a policy prevents many children under 11 from getting a lung . The ruling comes a day after a similar ruling for 10-year - old Sarah Murnaghan . Sarah has cystic fibrosis and may have just begun to cough .