Lung Transplant

Patient Stories

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  Bob Lumaye

  New lungs carry runner across finish line 17 months after transplant. Read Bob's story.

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  Hazel Roby

  Valentine's Day 2002 was like no other for Hazel Roby. She received a very special heart that day, not chocolate in a gold box, but a gift of life, packaged neatly with two donor lungs. Read Hazel's story.

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  Tom Terrill

  At 73, a lung transplant has meant a return to golfing, travel, and volunteer work for Tom Terrill; the oldest lung transplant recipient at Mayo Clinic. Read Tom's story.

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  Bobbie Wilson

  A double lung transplant means freedom to Bobbie Wilson, who has made the happy adjustment to life without oxygen cords. "When I did my lung capacity tests for the first time after transplant, I cried because it was so effortless." Read Bobbie's story.