A transplant in the pandemic (for her son), Joan Galinkin 's story

Living With Cystic Fibrosis

English - January 03, 2022 05:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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Joan Galinken is a CF Mom who lives in New Jersey. Her son Jesse is 33 years old, married and a new father. It's been a long road of ups and downs like the CF journey always is. In the height of the pandemic Jesse got his new lungs. Joan talks about the fear of getting transplant in June of 2020, and about the transplant itself. She would love to connect with other CF Mom's how have kids who received a lung transplant. You can reach out to her at the email address below.

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The original music in this podcast is performed by Kevin Allan, who happens to have Cystic Fibrosis. You can find him on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/KevinAllanMusic

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