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A Hopeful Story

Julie Whitt survived lymphoma when she was nineteen, but the treatment trashed her lungs. She just received her double lung transplant today after being placed on the wait list on November 21. That is less than a month on the wait list. Wow.

You can read all about her at her blog. You’ll notice that her posts stop rather abruptly on Thursday.

Update: In a tragic turn of events Julie passed away today (Dec 19) after complications from her transplant.

This was written by Maggie. Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005, at 8:29 pm. Filed under Cancer, People. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

9 Comments

  1. Dad wrote:

    Amazing find.

    Saturday, December 17, 2005 at 10:03 pm | Permalink
  2. Will Samson wrote:

    Awesome. There’s hope.

    Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 7:20 am | Permalink
  3. Johnna wrote:

    Wonderful blog, thanks for sharing it with us. J

    Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 8:19 am | Permalink
  4. Jim Gilliam wrote:

    Julie’s bleeding profusely, receiving a hundred units of blood, on a heart-lung bypass machine, and listed in extremely critical condition. She’s in surgery right now. Please send your thoughts and prayers her way.

    You can check her status here.

    Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 10:19 am | Permalink
  5. Paul wrote:

    Best wishes for Julie.

    Monday, December 19, 2005 at 11:15 am | Permalink
  6. Madeline wrote:

    Prayers are with Julie’s family and friends.

    Monday, December 19, 2005 at 1:34 pm | Permalink
  7. Maggie wrote:

    Julie passed away today. My thoughts go out to her family and friends who must be devastated by this loss. What a sad ending to such an amazing life.

    Monday, December 19, 2005 at 2:43 pm | Permalink
  8. Paul wrote:

    Very sad news.

    Monday, December 19, 2005 at 4:20 pm | Permalink
  9. Grandma wrote:

    How sorrowful our thoughts and prayers are for Julie’s family and friends. A courageous person

    Monday, December 19, 2005 at 9:28 pm | Permalink