What's up Nina? Thoughts from a Cystic Fibrosis Survivor & Lung Transplant Recipient

Things I have done with my New Lungs:

So I thought this sounded like fun. I went through my photos and tried to find some things that I have done since I received my new lungs.

Run Races:

2 miles and 4 miles, more to come! This I was not able to do for years prior to transplant.

Hang out with cool people and eat also lots of food! 

Hike:

Love hiking! So does axel. This I was not able to do prior to transplant.

Be Santa's elf and chill with him and Mrs. Clause:

Yes. So awesome I know.

Ride my bike forever:

Whether its 10 miles of hills or 25 miles flat I CAN DO IT! This I was not able to do for a LONG TIME (if ever) prior to transplant.

Walk my dog:

Almost daily as he has the energy of the energizer bunny… This I would not  have  been able to do prior to transplant.

Go on adventures:

Have been on many adventures and have many, many more to come! I went on some VERY awesome adventures before my transplant but I always ended up sick or in the hospital shortly after, that does not happen now!

Snowboarding:

I WAS ABLE TO SNOWBOARD AGAIN!!! Without oxygen! Snowboarded with oxygen for a year (made it a few times) and completely skipped a year before my transplant due to health.

Graffiti Hay Bails:

aka make them look like adorable snowmen, photo taken before I finished. Best idea ever, thinking I probably wouldn't have made it with the oxygen.

Have an oxygen saturation of 100%:

This is just completely amazing. Never before seen in the life of Nina, I hadn't even seen 99 before…

Eat Ice cream!

This was actually my first post-transplant adventure, not even a day after I was released from the hospital, and I WALKED TO TCBY! Probably at least a half mile and it was uphill, just awesome, even though eating ice cream is pretty much all I could do before transplant, it was a huge accomplishment to walk there and eat on my own since I had been on the ventilator for so long.

Walk for 2 Causes!

I participated in the Jingle Bell Walk (2 miles) and a Walk for CF (5k) with over 30 super awesome friends and family members!

There you have it! My totally random things I have done since my transplant list. Hope you had fun reading!

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