My name is Patrick and I have been a Paramedic for the last 28 years.
I have been battling Pulmonary Fibrosis for the last two and a half years and then was hospitalized for Covid pneumonia last January. Covid left irreparable damage to my lungs. I was told I need a lung transplant to live any quality of life. Pulmonary Fibrosis is a lung disease that results in stiffened lungs making it hard for me to breathe. There is not cure. I am asking family and friends to join me in this fundraising for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to assist with critical expenses including lodging for possibly up to 3 months after the transplant.
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October 10, 2023
It has been a little over a year since my double lung transplant. It has been a rough busy past year of testing, labs, hospital admissions, doctor appointments and driving back and forth to all of those events. None would of been possible without the best caregiver a person could ask for in life, my wife Tammy. She has been my guardian angel and has worked overtime looking out for my best interests when I couldn't do so. I will never be able to repay her for all that she has done for me.
As of today October 10th, 2023, I am fighting weight loss, and kidney failure. They both are being overseen by appropriate physician for care. I finally finished Cardio/Pulmonary rehab. between all the hospital admissions, doctor appointments and all the set backs it took longer then usual. I kept pushing forward sometimes slowly but I didn't quit even when I wanted to. I now do it all at home.
Even with all I have gone through I wouldn't trade it for anything. I have a second chance to live life. A better quality life than I had ever had prior to transplant. More updates to come.
January 28, 2023
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE UNEXCUSABLE LATENESS OF THIS UPDATE ON MY HEALTH AND EVENTS WITH MY PULMONARY FIBROSIS.IHAD THREE OF "THE CALL" BEING DRY RUNS. ON THE FORTH "CALL" THE DOCTORS AT OSU TRANSPLANT TEAM FOUND A MATCH FOR ME. ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2022 I WAS BLESSED WITH A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT.. THE TRANSPLANT WENT WELL BUT I STILL SPENT FOUR MONTHS PLUS IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF SECONDARY PROBLEMS I AM IN PULMONARY RESPIRATORY RG TTO BUDGET AND REHAB AT THIS MOMEN.T I AMALSO TRYING TO REGULATE MY MEDICINES AS TTHEY ARE STILL ADJUSTING THEM FOR THERAPUTIC PERFORMANCE.
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Guestbook
October 5, 2022
We love you and Tammy so much.
Bill and Michelle Zigarevich
January 17, 2022
Pat, on behalf of the members of IAEP Local R7-11, please get well soon!
James Griffith
December 15, 2021
Love you, Pat ❤
Samantha Manns
