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A sudden health setback turned my eventual lung transplant into an immediate one. Although the transplant didn’t go exactly to plan, my preparation helped the process go more smoothly.

I resisted being listed for a lung transplant; but now, almost six years later I’m thankful — especially to my donor — for my new life.

In my experience, the best way to support a loved one with cystic fibrosis is to listen closely and remember the details of his or her most common treatments and complaints.

A life with cystic fibrosis taught me how to be sick. After a lung transplant, I had to learn how to be well.

My brother, Josh, who has cystic fibrosis has been through more struggles than anyone I know, but he has always kept a positive attitude -- even while awaiting a lung transplant. This outlook on life inspires me and helps me see the best case in any outcome.

While waiting for another lung transplant, I learned that time is a wicked concept: there is so much of it, but never enough.

My wife and I opted for a surrogate to carry our child following her double-lung transplant. After five years of struggling with a bad surrogacy agency, we finally switched providers and found a surrogate who is now carrying our child.