Transplant recipient raising awareness on importance of living donors
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Double lung transplant recipient, Linda Paradis, is raising awareness of the importance of organ donation, as she now needs a kidney.
Eight years ago, Linda Paradis was a shadow of her former self. The previously active woman could hardly breathe and was on oxygen 24/7.
"Every day, I was, feeling death; death from very, very close," she said.
Paradis was suffering from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, which was basically shrinking her lungs.
She was on the wait list for a double-lung transplant, which she eventually received.
For Paradis, it was a gift that was life-changing and life-giving.
Today, at 66 years old, Paradis appears to be the picture of perfect health and has been using her new lungs to their fullest. She cycles, dances, golfs, kickboxes and plays pickleball.
"I am the living proof that organ donation really works," she said. "It's been eight years. I've been enjoying life a lot, with my children, friends and family."
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