Sarah Murnaghan has successful lung transplant at Philly hospital PHILADELPHIA, June 12 (UPI) -- Sarah Murnaghan, the girl with cystic fibrosis whose parents lobbied for a change in lung transplant rules, had successful surgery Wednesday in Philadelphia. Sarah's surgery lasted about 6 hours and doctors had no major challenges in resizing the adult lungs to fit into her 10-year-old chest, CNN reported. She is still intubated and will remain so for another 48 hours. "Sarah is in the process of getting settled in the ICU, and now her recovery begins," the family told CNN in a statement. It will be a long road, but we're not going for easy, we're going for possible. And an organ donor has made this possible for her. Infection and organ rejection are still risks. Her mother, Janet, earlier announced the impending operation on Facebook in a post that began "God is great." In a later post, Murnaghan said Sarah was in an operating room at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The 10-year-old Newtown Square, Pa., girl has cystic fibrosis and her parents said she had only a few weeks to live without a lung transplant.