It's been almost 2 years since my transplant, so I had a clinic appt to mark the occasion.First up was bone density scan. Last time I had this...
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March 2021 Update: white blood cell injection
In early February, my white blood cell counts were dangerously low. We discontinued a medication that suppresses my immune system, but the white blood cell count continued dropping....
Continue Reading »January 2021 Update: Bronch #30 with Mitomycins
I have been continuously having bronchoscopies every 3-4 weeks. It’s very rare and unheard of that a lung transplant patient needs constant airway dilations. I sure hope that...
Continue Reading »9/19 update: the stent is out!
2 weeks ago I had my stent removed! I was able to stop 2 nebulized medications. And then I had another bronch this week... They placed the stent...
Continue Reading »Update 9/4/20: hand pain & bronch #25
Last September, the week I was given the thumbs up to start driving again after my transplant, I was involved in a car accident. (I had to wait...
Continue Reading »1 Year Anniversary
"I feel like I'm constantly worrying about the next part of my life without realizing that I'm right in the middle of what I used to look forward...
Continue Reading »Hospitalization 7/12/20: allergic reaction & hemolytic anemia
Saturday, July 11, 2020 I am a little late in updating everyone with my most recent hospitalization. I started feeling dizzy, with tinnitus in ears, and feeling like...
Continue Reading »Hospitalization 6/10/20: an ambulance ride & pneumonia
So much had been going on these last few weeks. I want to start by saying that I'm so grateful to my donor for my new lungs. I'd...
Continue Reading »Update 5/15/20: Quarantine
Life in the time of quarantine has been different, but also, the same. Nick began working from home the first week of March. We haven’t been inside a...
Continue Reading »Update 2/7/20: Six months
It’s been a little over 6 months since my life-saving double lung transplant. In some ways, it feels like forever. In other ways, it feels like it was...
Continue Reading »Mary Asher
Saint Louis, MO
Transplant Type: Lung
Transplant Status: Transplanted
Goal: $25,000.00
Raised: $20,920 of $25,000 goal
Raised by 67 contributors