http://observerxtra.com/2/featured/take-a-deep-breath/ Woolwich | Wellesley | Elmira | St. Jocobs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:32:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://observerxtra.com/2/featured/take-a-deep-breath/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Darlene Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:49:33 +0000 http://observerxtra.com/2/?p=2825#comment-391 Bree received her transplant last night (August 7)-- she is doing ok. So happy for her and her family. Bree received her transplant last night (August 7)– she is doing ok. So happy for her and her family.

]]> http://observerxtra.com/2/featured/take-a-deep-breath/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Jenna Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:24:24 +0000 http://observerxtra.com/2/?p=2825#comment-361 I have the good fortune to count Bree among my closest friends. She sent me the link to this article, and while it is painful to read about someone you love sharing her often frustating and exhausting medical realities - to know she is struggling and be helpless to improve things for her - I'm so thankful that she is as brave and candid as she is about her personal experience and that this article has come to exist as another way to raise awareness to transplant realities in Canada. Bree has waited a long time, and has done so with more grace and humour than anyone I've known. She is truly inspiring and though I know I cannot understand her illness in the ways that those also waiting for transplant can, I do know that the day Bree gets her transplant will see many people overjoyed by the prospect that someone so deserving can finally continue on to a new part of her journey and have a shot at living the life she wants to, the one that has been on hold for too long. I have the good fortune to count Bree among my closest friends. She sent me the link to this article, and while it is painful to read about someone you love sharing her often frustating and exhausting medical realities – to know she is struggling and be helpless to improve things for her – I’m so thankful that she is as brave and candid as she is about her personal experience and that this article has come to exist as another way to raise awareness to transplant realities in Canada. Bree has waited a long time, and has done so with more grace and humour than anyone I’ve known. She is truly inspiring and though I know I cannot understand her illness in the ways that those also waiting for transplant can, I do know that the day Bree gets her transplant will see many people overjoyed by the prospect that someone so deserving can finally continue on to a new part of her journey and have a shot at living the life she wants to, the one that has been on hold for too long.

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