Lindsay went in to surgery today at 11am for her pretty pink healthy new lungs! Gah! I've been waiting seven months for me to write those words! Exactly seven months today Lindsay has been waiting on the transplant list! Last night at 1:13am she woke up to her phone ringing. She missed it and checked her voicemail. A woman had called her telling her they had a pair of lungs for her. Lindsay first reaction was, of course 'what does one wear for such an event' (being the realist that she is, no cry baby for her!) as she scrambled around her condo packing her things, (very calmly it seemed, i was the one freaking out more then her on the other end of the phone!) waiting for her mom to get back to the city who had gone home for the evening and explicitly told her 'you better not get the call tonight while I'm away ' (harbor in the freezing rain and you have your self, I imagine a distressed mama!)

Lindsay has been working out steadily for the past seven months to get her body in shape for this surgery. I've slowly seen Lindsay go from being the girl who was only on iv's every few years, to every few months, to a totally of 8 months this year she was always on some new form of antibiotic. Her quality of life slowly started to go downhill, but Lindsay being the trooper and evidence needing gal that she is, was reluctant to go to the highest status on the list so she could get out of this limbo world she has been living in, and start actually living. She told me she wanted to go to the one of a kind show this year but would not have the energy to walk around the whole time. I hated reading those words. I wanted so badly to let her know how great life is after transplant. On the phone this evening, as lindsay exclaimed this great news to me, a lot of the time i just heard her wheezing, coughing and the thick mucus crackles that was slowly killing her.

Today, Lindsay is in surgery as you read this. Her heart rate was resting at 80, her oxygen levels at 92 no oxygen needed while resting, and her blood pressure was only a little elevated at 132/84, her normal being 120/80. Those last 7 months have really paid off in training Lindsays body to be in the best shape for this surgery. So even though lindsay's lungs are weak, her body is strong. I'll update you all as I get more news throughout! Keep sending positive thoughts out!

-Hattie (Lindsay cystic sister, 23 years old, post transplant 15months and fellow cystic fibroser)