Transplant House is a Seattle-based non-profit helping people and families in need of safe, convenient and affordable housing for pre and post-transplant recovery.
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Brooke
We had an early 20's patient Brooke; from Oregon who needed a double lung transplant because of her cystic fibrosis. She had an extremely diminished lung capacity. Her caregivers were her mother and father. Her father drove a school bus for the local school district and was an excellent chef. The financial drain on them had been quite dramatic. They said that if they had not had the access of Transplant House, they are not sure what they would have done. They said that Transplant House's offerings of a completely appointed apartment (furniture, linens, cookware, etc.) not only saved them money, it allowed them to stay focused on their daughter and all the myriad of tests she had to go thru before being put on the list. Being from Oregon, obviously meant that they were not within 2 hours of the UW Medical Center. They had to move to Seattle and be near the hospital to even be considered being placed on the waiting list. The thing that most struck me about this family was how positive and up beat they were. With all their worries about their daughter's health and survival; as well as financial stresses, these people were so grateful. Brooke received her new lungs. Besides a new set of lungs, Brooke's greatest enthusiasm was the possibility that she could now go to college; like the rest of her friends were doing. She would now have the lung capacity to walk the campus, on her own and be just like everyone else.
" We could not have done it without Transplant House. Being from out of state and needing housing while ill is a real challenge. Transplant House helped my parents so much."