Emily Report

Emily appears to be doing well. I'm told that she walked 18 laps around the hospital (that's a mile). I joked with her that she will be the first lung transplant patient to run a marathon when she leaves the hospital! Yesterday I took this photo of her as "princess" ruling the day. Beautiful as ever.

Emily's New Lungs

Emily, the first young woman in my book, has had cystic fibrosis for her whole life. In the past few years she has become increasingly incapacitated by the disease. Finally, after several trips to Seattle for tests, she was put on the lung transplant list. On Monday, 2/16 she and her parents received the call to come to Seattle. They had to arrive within four hours. They left Eugene before 9:00 a.m. and by 12:30 she was in surgery. She is now in intensive care at the UW Medical Center and is apparently doing well. We wish her love and an excellent recovery. It will be long and difficult but Emily is tough and determined. Go Emily!!