Claire Wineland
Do yourself favor...
...go read the CNN recap of Claire Wineland’s life.
Wineland was a social media darling and an inspirational speaker in her short life. She died at the age of 21 after suffering a massive stroke following a double lung transplant.
She’d suffered all of her life with Cystic Fibrosis, and spent a good portion of her life in hospitals where she would cause all kinds of trouble with her good-natured banter with doctors, nurses, specialists and other patients.
Two things really struck me about the recap of her days.
She’d shared so much, with such a unique perspective. Yet something she said to her Mom about death hit me.
She wasn’t afraid to die because she figured that in death she would be a part of everything with everyone who was left and carried her in their heart.
A pretty wonderful thought.
Wineland hadn’t wanted to put her family through the battle of a double lung transplant. She initially declined to go through such a procedure, but she got even sicker.
And changed her mind.
She wanted to live a little longer to continue with her message.
She made an inspirational video for those who followed her battle.
“Go enjoy your life,” she begged her audience. “Because there are people who are fighting to stay alive. Just enjoy your life.”
She received the transplant on August 26th and the initial news was good, but then she suffered the massive stroke that eventually killed her on Labor Day.
There was only a 3% chance that a stroke might occur.
So, the odds beat her once.
But she kicked the crap out of the odds for a full 21-years...
...and that made me smile.
“Go enjoy your life.”
“In death I’ll be a part of everything.”
Incredible thoughts from a pretty incredible young woman.
May she Rest In Peace.
I have a feeling she will.
...go read the CNN recap of Claire Wineland’s life.
Wineland was a social media darling and an inspirational speaker in her short life. She died at the age of 21 after suffering a massive stroke following a double lung transplant.
She’d suffered all of her life with Cystic Fibrosis, and spent a good portion of her life in hospitals where she would cause all kinds of trouble with her good-natured banter with doctors, nurses, specialists and other patients.
Two things really struck me about the recap of her days.
She’d shared so much, with such a unique perspective. Yet something she said to her Mom about death hit me.
She wasn’t afraid to die because she figured that in death she would be a part of everything with everyone who was left and carried her in their heart.
A pretty wonderful thought.
Wineland hadn’t wanted to put her family through the battle of a double lung transplant. She initially declined to go through such a procedure, but she got even sicker.
And changed her mind.
She wanted to live a little longer to continue with her message.
She made an inspirational video for those who followed her battle.
“Go enjoy your life,” she begged her audience. “Because there are people who are fighting to stay alive. Just enjoy your life.”
She received the transplant on August 26th and the initial news was good, but then she suffered the massive stroke that eventually killed her on Labor Day.
There was only a 3% chance that a stroke might occur.
So, the odds beat her once.
But she kicked the crap out of the odds for a full 21-years...
...and that made me smile.
“Go enjoy your life.”
“In death I’ll be a part of everything.”
Incredible thoughts from a pretty incredible young woman.
May she Rest In Peace.
I have a feeling she will.
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