Waiting for the call
Press Republican | Amy Heggen
Jonathan Waldron has the hoses on his neck adjusted by his respiratory therapist while his physical therapist looks on at Boston Children's Hospital. Waldron, who has cystic fibrosis, is waiting on a lung transplant. (Photo Provided)
PLATTSBURGH â€" Jonathan Waldron awakes every morning surrounded by machines, with a view of the nurse’s station across the hall.
In the Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital since May 30, he awaits news of a possible lung transplant.
“He’s very close to the top of the list, and we have had offers that unfortunately haven’t been good enough,†said Jonathan’s mother, Marlene Waldron.
Pediatric patients often can’t accept adult organs, especially lungs, she said.
“It’s the hardest organ to transplant; it’s the only organ that interacts with the outside world,†she explained.
HELP BREATHING
Jonathan, 17, has cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening, chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system.
His body is rejecting the lungs from a 2008 transplant, which means he needs help breathing and ridding his body of carbon dioxide.
PLATTSBURGH â€" Jonathan Waldron awakes every morning surrounded by machines, with a view of the nurse’s station across the hall.
In the Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital since May 30, he awaits news of a possible lung transplant.
“He’s very close to the top of the list, and we have had offers that unfortunately haven’t been good enough,†said Jonathan’s mother, Marlene Waldron.
Pediatric patients often can’t accept adult organs, especially lungs, she said.
“It’s the hardest organ to transplant; it’s the only organ that interacts with the outside world,†she explained.
HELP BREATHING
Jonathan, 17, has cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening, chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system.
His body is rejecting the lungs from a 2008 transplant, which means he needs help breathing and ridding his body of carbon dioxide.
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