Heroic 'cyster' act for six friends who received double lung transplants and are triumphing over lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis
New York Daily News | Heidi Evans
Photo: Six women, (from l.) Lyndsey McLaughlin, Kelley Chaffee, Allison Lennon, Katy Starck, Kristy Fabrizi and Piper Beatty share a special bond, as they have all undergone lung transplants and survived cystic fibrosis.
Newfound sorority met online and aim to take their show on the road to spread word about breath-robbing disease
Meet the “cysters†of the traveling lung transplants â€" Lyndsey, Kelley, Allison, Katy, Kristy and Piper â€" six young, gorgeous, smart New York women who all received double lung transplants at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and are triumphing over a life-long battle with CF, cystic fibrosis.
They get together for birthdays, engagements and 10K runs and are at each other’s side in a flash when one texts to say she is back in the hospital.
The new-found sorority â€" who met online searching for CF support groups â€" now want to take their show on the road to spread the word about organ donation and the breath-robbing disease.
“We are all pretty young but we are old souls,†said the cysters founder, Katy Starck, a 28-year-old nurse from Whitestone, Queens, who was diagnosed with the genetic defect when she was a year old. “We know that life is precious and can be taken away in an instant,†said Starck, who received a transplant last November. “We are amazing friends, ‘cysters’ and family.â€
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
Photo: Six women, (from l.) Lyndsey McLaughlin, Kelley Chaffee, Allison Lennon, Katy Starck, Kristy Fabrizi and Piper Beatty share a special bond, as they have all undergone lung transplants and survived cystic fibrosis.
Newfound sorority met online and aim to take their show on the road to spread word about breath-robbing disease
Meet the “cysters†of the traveling lung transplants â€" Lyndsey, Kelley, Allison, Katy, Kristy and Piper â€" six young, gorgeous, smart New York women who all received double lung transplants at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and are triumphing over a life-long battle with CF, cystic fibrosis.
They get together for birthdays, engagements and 10K runs and are at each other’s side in a flash when one texts to say she is back in the hospital.
The new-found sorority â€" who met online searching for CF support groups â€" now want to take their show on the road to spread the word about organ donation and the breath-robbing disease.
“We are all pretty young but we are old souls,†said the cysters founder, Katy Starck, a 28-year-old nurse from Whitestone, Queens, who was diagnosed with the genetic defect when she was a year old. “We know that life is precious and can be taken away in an instant,†said Starck, who received a transplant last November. “We are amazing friends, ‘cysters’ and family.â€
Read more
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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