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casey has medicaid. i was not with him when he had his first lung tx, but from what i gathered, he and his family did not have many (or any?) costs associated with the tx and hospital stay afterwards. an update on casey: froedtert in milwaukee will not take him as a candidate for a 2nd lung...

my boyfriend is currently waiting to see if he can even get on the lung tx list again. his bone density is apparently poor, he's lost weight (down to 115# - lost 15 lbs in 6 months), and his lung capacity is at about 25%. he was discharged from the hospital 1 1/2 weeks ago, and now is barely...

casey had han appt this past thursday - lung capacity is at 28% and he's lost 9 pounds in the last month. he actually went on oxygen this afternoon. froedtert said they'll retransplant him if that's his choice - but they've only done three 2nd double lung transplants, with only 1/3 of them...

thanks so much for everyone's responses. my boyfriend had his 1st transplant at Froedtert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - and sadly they do not do 2nd lung transplants. UW-Madison will do 2nd transplants, so there is the possiblity there or at Loyola (in Chicago) - as far as near-by options, at...

this is my first post - i'm hoping this community will help me. my boyfriend of 1+ years has CF and had a double lung transplant 2 1/2 yrs ago - so before we knew each other. the past few months have been really hard - hospital stays for a couple weeks, more trips to the doctors, and the...