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Lung recipient forever grateful to donor

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For Crafers resident Manuel Troyano, DonateLife Week (July 23–30) is an opportunity to share the “wonderful moment” when he took his first unassisted breaths after receiving a lung transplant.

It followed a rapid decline in his health resulting from an incurable disease that baffled his doctors and turned his life upside down.

“Life was good, everything was fine until about four years ag...


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