Gerard Cahill

Gerard Cahill’s Liver & Kidney Transplant Fund

To my friends, family, and even strangers reading this, I am writing to you from one of my least favorite places to be long-term – a hospital bed at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. As other cystic fibrosis patients know, being stuck in the hospital is frustrating and, at times, incredibly lonely and isolating. But even at low points, I have hope and the internal strength to keep fighting. Unfortunately, my body doesn’t always get the message. Right now, my liver and kidneys are failing, so I am actively listed for transplant – again. It feels like yesterday when I was listed for my double lung transplant, but in all actuality, it has been nine years; nine years of gifted joy and achievement and loving the life I live.

From the bottom of my heart, I ask for your help. Your thoughts, messages, and, if you’re able, your financial support to help offset some of my medically-related costs as I await transplant.

I can promise you that I will continue to fight, and I can’t wait until I’m back volunteering at the Boomer Esiason Foundation, fighting for other people like me, and until I can get back on my bike to keep myself as healthy as possible.

Jerry

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