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ASSESSMENTS IN KIDS. IN IOWA, WOMAN WHO RODE RAGBRAI BEFORE GETTING A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT IS BACK HOME TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT’S BARB HEENAN. SHE WALKED OUT OF THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY JUST IN TIME TO MAKE IT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. SHE HAS SCLERODERMA, WHICH LED TO THE DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT. SHE RODE RAGBRAI THIS YEAR WITH HER OXYGEN TANKS. A REMARKABLE WOMAN, 242 MILES IN TOTAL. WE SPOKE TO BARB WHILE SHE WAS WAITING TO FIND OUT IF THIS DAY WOULD EVER COME. I’M OUT HERE RAISING AWARENESS FOR SCLERODERMA, WHICH IS AN AUTOIMMUNE, CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE THAT IS PROGRESSIVE, THAT I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH 30 YEARS AGO. SO THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. SO I’M PREPARING FOR A DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT. WE ACTUALLY FIND OUT NEXT WEEK. BARB’S HUSBAND SAYS HE ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED A WHEELCHAIR. SHE SAID NO. SHE WALKED IN THE HOSPITAL THREE WEEKS AGO
Iowa woman returns home after double-lung transplant
An Iowa woman who recieved a double-lung transplant is back home in time for Christmas."Woooooo," cheered Barb Heenan as she walked out of the hospital Tuesday, just in time to make it home for Christmas.Heenan has scleroderma, an autoimmune disease that led to her needing a double-lung transplant."I’m out here raising awareness for scleroderma, which is an autoimmune disease that is progressive that I was diagnosed with 30 years ago. So this is a long time coming," Heenan told sister station KCCI in July when she was riding Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). Heenan rode RAGBRAI this year with her oxygen tanks, covering a total of 242 miles.Barb's husband says he asked her if she wanted a wheelchair as she left the hospital, and she said no. She walked into the hospital three weeks ago, and she wanted to walk out, too.
An Iowa woman who recieved a double-lung transplant is back home in time for Christmas.
"Woooooo," cheered Barb Heenan as she walked out of the hospital Tuesday, just in time to make it home for Christmas.
Heenan has scleroderma, an autoimmune disease that led to her needing a double-lung transplant.
"I’m out here raising awareness for scleroderma, which is an autoimmune disease that is progressive that I was diagnosed with 30 years ago. So this is a long time coming," Heenan told sister station KCCI in July when she was riding Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI).
Heenan rode RAGBRAI this year with her oxygen tanks, covering a total of 242 miles.
Barb's husband says he asked her if she wanted a wheelchair as she left the hospital, and she said no. She walked into the hospital three weeks ago, and she wanted to walk out, too.
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