April is National Donate a Life Month, focusing on increasing awareness for organ donation. The medical advancements that allow transplant surgeries have had a great impact on the lives of many who suffer from different conditions. With regards to cystic fibrosis, the improvements in lung transplants have enabled patients to live long after their original lungs deteriorated from infections.
Consider registering to be an organ donor. For more information, check out these websites:
- Find out about Donate a Life Month
- Find out how to register as an organ donor in your state
- Read the blog of the husband of a CF patient who recently had a lung transplant
- Check out this book written by twins with CF who both had lung transplants
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