Items Tagged ‘Lung Transplant’
January 10, 2019
Rose Parade Float and Riders Showcase the Gift of Life
By In the Loop 
This year’s Rose Parade was especially meaningful to lung transplant recipient Steve Shank, who rode on the Donate Life float while holding a photo of his donor, Tommy, along the route.
Tags: Donate Life, Lung Transplant, Mayo Clinic Transplant Center
October 23, 2018
New Lungs Help Tim See Mayo Through New Eyes
By In the Loop
Tim Fairclough’s wait for a lung transplant meant months in the hospital, where he experienced caring and compassion from staff at all levels — and saw his employer through new eyes.
Tags: Lung Transplant, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Tim Fairclough
September 25, 2018
Another Transplant Games, More Medals for Curtis Higgons
By In the Loop
In just five years since a double lung transplant at Mayo Clinic, Curtis Higgons has gone from not knowing “what having good lungs felt like” to winning medals in two swimming events.
Tags: Cystic Fibrosis, Lung Transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida
September 6, 2018
Two Years After Double Lung Transplant, Steve Shank Is Grateful for Every Breath
By In the Loop
Steve Shank and his wife will never forget the moment they learned Steve would be getting the transplant he needed to save his life. They’ll also never forget meeting the family of the donor who saved him.
Tags: Albinism, Dr. Dong Chen, genetic testing, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, Lung Transplant, Pulmonary fibrosis
March 1, 2018
Lung Transplant Recipient’s First Breath Goes Viral
By In the Loop
When Rob Ronnenberg captured the moment his fiancée took her first breath with new lungs, he did so only to preserve the powerful moment. But since posting it to YouTube, it’s been seen around the world.
Tags: Lung Transplant
February 13, 2018
Still Making Music Thanks to Double Lung Transplant
By In the Loop
Over a decade ago, Shirley Brill was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lung disease that was taking her breath away. An organ donor’s generous gift of life gave it back, and now Shirley is once again making music.
Tags: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Lung Transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida
March 28, 2017
Transplant Patient Making the Most of Life She Was Never Supposed to Have
By In the Loop
Conventional wisdom says Kim Shobe should not be alive right now. One of Mayo Clinic’s early lung transplant patients, Kim received a single-lung transplant in January 1992, less than two years after Mayo began offering the procedure in Rochester. She was patient No. 7. At the time, the average survival rate for lung transplant patients […]
Tags: Lung Transplant
November 10, 2016
Harmonica Lessons Just What the Doctor Ordered for Patients With Lung Conditions
By In the Loop
It’s been called a harp, a Mississippi saxophone, and (Cory’s favorite) a tin sandwich. And lately, the harmonica has been getting called something else: good medicine. As The Wall Street Journal reports, harmonica classes are popping up in rehabilitation programs for patients with lung conditions or breathing difficulties. It turns out that playing the harmonica […]
Tags: Dr. Cesar Keller, Harmonica, Lung Transplant, Pulmonary Rehabilitation
August 11, 2016
Transplant Patient Takes Home Gold (and Three Silvers) in the Transplant Games
By In the Loop
Although the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro continue, Mayo Clinic lung transplant patient Curtis Higgons is already back home in Jacksonville polishing his medals. Granted, he didn’t get them in Rio, but he did earn them during a competition that’s also a pretty big deal: The 2016 Transplant Games of America. “They’re […]
Tags: Lung Transplant
October 15, 2015
Happy Birthday, From Your Friends in the ICU
By In the Loop
Austin Kemp got a new lease on life on Aug. 6, when he received a new set of lungs in a transplant surgery at Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus. It had been a long journey for the soon-to-be 22-year-old. And it looked like complications would make it a little longer, keeping him in the ICU and […]
Tags: Kelly Johnson, Lung Transplant