Smile Through It: A Year on the Transplant List

By Oli Lewington

A real-life story of Life Before Transplant for one courageous, and terrified, Cystic Fibrosis sufferer that will remind you exactly why you signed the donor register. After 23 years of battling Cystic Fibrosis Oli Lewington was facing two fates. A new lease of life through a double-lung transplant; or death. At 23 Oli's life expectancy was 12 months. His only hope of a future was a double-lung transplant. But getting his name on the recipient list for organ donation was only the beginning of Oli's battle, 1000 people die every year while waiting for an organ, and he knew it. Oli realised that waiting for new lungs would be a mental battle as well as a physical one and Smile Through It was born. With a wit and humour that belies the gravity of his situation, this is a raw account - as only a diary can capture - of everything you need to know about waiting for a donor organ. From heartbreaking false alarms, to chance encounters and anecdotes that made Oli smile through one more day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148104026X
• ISBN13: 9781481040266
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.7" x 5.5"