Once upon a time there was a little raccoon named Sammy. He needed a double lung transplant because he had Cystic Fibrosis. He had to see Dr. Rabbit a lot to make sure his disease wasn’t getting worse. Every day Sammy has to cough up tons of sticky, thick mucus to prevent himself from choking or suffocating on it.
“Well Sammy” says Dr. Rabbit “Because your lungs aren’t getting any better. We are going to put you on the transplant list.” “So I can get new lungs? And stop coughing up mucus?” ” yes Sammy the new lungs will be completely clean.” Dr. Rabbit handed Sammy a beeper. “Sammy, you have to keep this with you at all times. This is a pager and it will go off when we find a set of longs that matches you.” “Thank – you so much!” Sammy yelled as he left the office.
Sammy went home very happy. As he walked through the door his Mother yelled to him “Sammy it’s time to take your afternoon pills.” This made Sammy’s mood worse. He knew for the next hour he would be un controllably coughing up mucus. He had to do this 3 times a day everyday!
Beep, beep, beep it was 2:05 am. Sammy was woken up by his pager and a phone call. Excitedly He jumped out of bed. His Mom had just gotten off the phone. She ran up to his room. “Pack your bags, were going to the hospital.”
“Okay Sammy were going to put you under. You won’t feel a thing then when you wake up you’ll have brand new lungs” Dr. Rabbit said assuring Sammy. “So no more coughing?” “No more coughing”.
Sammy woke up in the recovery room. He took a deep breath in, no wheezing just nice smooth breath. Finally Sammy could breath