THANK YOU! I have a terminal lung disease. Not every one that needs a tx is going to get one for one reason or another. The protocol is tough and designed to make the procedure as safe and successful as possible. There are more failures than we would like. A transplant is NOT a fix all end all.
My brother had IPD (I think that’s the acronym). He died last August. At 68 and on a vent there’s not much chance he would have made the donor list but I would have given him half of mine if they would have let me. He left a widow and three kids and five grandchildren. I miss him every day. So that sort of colors my reaction to this story. Every life is precious.