Urgent call from a 23-year-old woman who needs a lung transplant and fears that time is up

A young woman who will die if she does not receive a lung transplant has made a desperate appeal because she fears that time will lapse before the discovery of a match.

Lyndsay Davidson is suffering from a rare form of cystic fibrosis that has caused her so much damage to the lungs that she can not leave home without connecting to the oxygen that allows her to save life in a backpack.

The life expectancy of an average patient with cystic fibrosis is only 31 years, but many do not even this far, reports the Daily Record.

Lyndsay admits that the idea of ​​dying is "always in the back of my head" and says, "I do not really plan for the future because it may not be one for me. I do not know how long I will have. "

Aged 23, he urged politicians to "hurry" and approve the new law that would impose on Scotland a system of presumed consent to organ donation.

After two and a half years on the transplant list, Lyndsay had only one possible match for her tissue and blood type.

This week, the PSM heard the first step of the Human Tissues Bill (Authorization) (Scotland), which will amend the law to assume that people have consented to their organs being used to save the life of their lives. others, unless otherwise indicated.

But much remains to be done before adopting it and families will still have the power to refuse their consent.

Lyndsay of Prestwick, Ayrshire, warned potential donors, "Even if you are already registered, you have to handle family conversations."

She added: "People think that if you are old, you will not be able to give your lungs, but I do know cases of lungs of people over 80 who have been transplanted into adolescents."

Lyndsay urged PSM to support the bill. She said, "It's the only logical step. If you like, hurry up. "

She bravely told her story in hopes of persuading more people to register as transplant donors.

Lyndsay is like any other young woman of her age who likes dating her 22-year-old boyfriend Sean McCracken and enjoying a social life.

She dreams of a career and a home to her.

The young woman was minutes away from a transplant last month but, unfortunately, the doctors decided that the surgery was too risky because of the donor's lung condition.

Since the day she was born, Lyndsay is forced to do physiotherapy twice a day to remove phlegm from her lungs and help her breathe.

She has trouble breathing and has to take a number of medications.

Lyndsay has learned to play the saxophone to help her breathe better, but admits, "I can not handle the fast pieces."

When she was a child playing hide-and-seek, her mother listened to her so that she could breathe hard before finding her.

She could barely play sports and had long periods of oxygen 24 hours a day.

Lyndsay has to go to the hospital to receive intravenous antibiotics at least every three months.

After graduation, she took a college course in photography, but she is not fit enough to start a career. She takes pictures whenever she can and sells them at craft fairs.

For Lyndsay, her only hope of living a decent life is a transplant.

On February 8, she received the call that she was hoping for – but things did not go as planned.

The lungs became available and an ambulance was being sent to "blue light" in Newcastle, the nearest transplant center.

She said: "I was about to go to bed when I received the call. My parents were out. They had gone to a concert in Glasgow and were on the train when I phoned them to tell them.

"They could not speed up the train but I think they sprinted to the house when they came down. They did it before the arrival of the ambulance. At 23:50 we were on our way.

"Mom came with me in the ambulance and dad followed in the car. He stopped to pick up Sean on the way. "

She added, "But we were taken aback when we got there to find out that I was the only one out there. We understood that there would be three or four people who would all be evaluated to see who was the best partner, who was most in need and who was most likely to survive. I knew that it was possible that I would not wake up anymore.

"When I realized that I was the only one out there, I was a little numb. But I knew that it still could not happen because they could not open the dealer until you were in the opposite theater.

"I washed with an antibacterial soap and I got myself. I was almost at the last stage when they came in and said that they had looked into the lungs. Whatever they saw, they thought it was too risky to continue.

Lyndsay and her mother, Nickie, had arrived at the hospital around 3:20 am, but 40 minutes later she knew that she would be coming home.

She admits that she sometimes thinks about what escapes her when she sees friends changing lives.

She said, "I want to be able to move and not have to live with my parents."

Lyndsay plans to write her will and plans to donate her body to science.

Only about one per cent of people die in circumstances that allow the removal of organs. It is therefore vital that as many people as possible are on the list.

Public Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick launched the bill this week: "Too many people are still waiting for the transplant that could save their lives.

"The transplantation of organs and tissues given is one of the most incredible developments in modern health care.

"It reflects the best of humanity – meets a high need with incredible generosity.

"This is a testament to the wonders of the National Health Service, the skills of our nurses and clinicians, and the organized efforts of all those working to make these life-changing gifts possible."