COVID-19 attacked one lung, cancer the other. A double transplant saved him – National

One lung ravaged by COVID-19, the other damaged by lung cancer — this was the daunting reality facing 56-year-old Arthur Gillespie, a former police captain from Chicago. In March 2020, Gillespie found himself hospitalized for 12 days, battling a high fever. This came after he contracted COVID-19 following a visit with his father to see … Read more

N.B. woman must move to Toronto for life-saving lung transplant. She can’t afford to go

Right before Yvette Taylor’s husband died a year and a half ago, she made a vow to him — one that’s proving costly to fulfil. The 67-year-old New Brunswick woman promised she would get a life-saving procedure and keep strong. “I made a promise to my husband that I would get a double lung transplant … Read more

Man to cycle 530 kilometres to save cystic fibrosis sufferers | UK | News

Devoted dad Bob Clarke is cycling 530 kilometres from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh To Angkor Wat in Cambodia … to save cystic fibrosis patients like his treasured daughter.  And CF-sufferer Sophie Clarke, 29, has told the Daily Express how her dad is a “hero” after raising £55,000 over the years for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust … Read more