Hope is the Thing with Feathers

[peggysue2]

47. Appreciate the heads up, Ms Toad

The rejection factor is something we saw first hand with my brother-in-law's lung transplant. For him, the struggle was too much. He died this past March having only a year extension to his life, and frankly, a lot of suffering. My brother-in-law was 72 and had had by-pass surgery before the lung transplant. I was surprised the second hospital accepted him into the program. But they did and he was gung-ho. It just didn't work out.

We're all hoping Cassandra's young age and incredible stamina will prove to be an asset. It's taken her this far, so hopefully it continues.

Thanks for the note.

PS: Yes, the timing on this was very strange. In a good way!