Almost 30 hours after my bilateral lung transplant, it was time for me to be extubated and take my first solo breath with my new lungs. My wife, Susan, was at my bedside, along with several nurses.
In a video of that day last July, you can hear Susan ask me if I’m ready to have the tube removed. I shook my head no.
But once the nurses removed the tube, an almost immediate calm came over me. I could breathe. Read more in Pulmonary Fibrosis News.