Our journey together before, during and after a double lung transplant.
Normal lungs are very elastic and spongy organs that sit under your ribs. Each lung is divided into lobes. The right lung has 3 lobes and the left has two lobes. When you breathe in (inhale) you take air into your lungs. THe oxygen in the air is passed into your blood and carried through your body. The carbon dioxide in your blood is passed into the lungs. When you breathe out (exhale) the carbon dioxide is carried away.
After her husband received a double-lung (bilateral) transplant in 2004, Shannon founded the Angel Cove Organ Donation Awareness Shop, which provides awareness t-shirts and gifts products for transplant recipients, living organ donors and donor families - giving 100% of the profits to help heart and lung transplant recipients with medical costs. Shannon lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her wonderful husband and two chocolate Labrador Retrievers and can be found online on Twitter and her Organ Donation Awareness Facebook Page. Find out more on Shannon's Google Profile.
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