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AWhitchurch-Stouffville mother's quest to educate you on organ donation is paying ofi. especially during national organ donation week, which wrapped up Sunday. In January, The Sun-"ltibune featured the story of Tanis Hargrave and her son, Dan. who lives with cystic fibrosis, a genetic. multi- organ disease affecting the lungs and digesâ€" tive system. In 2002. his only hope for survival Kyle Card competes in the 25-metre butter- fly during a Stouflvifle Ducks swim club meet Saturday afternoon at the Lebovic Leisure Cen- tre in Stouflville. Organ donation campaign paying dividends rd competes in metre butter- 12 a Stouflvifle BY TERESA LATCH FORD HAVE AN ELECTION ISSUE YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE? E-MAIL LETTERS TO JMASON@YRMG.COM tlatchford®yrmg.com Si'fi'ib une \ THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010 I SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF WHfTCHURCHâ€"STOUFFVILLE I 24 PAGES/$1 INCLUDING GST BK J I'EB nmpetes in :re butter- 1 Stouffville ..l..L _.,.,“ WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE MAN THRIVING AFTER RECEIVING SECOND DOUBLE-LUNG TRANSPLANT was a double-lung transplant and, at the criti- cal moment, a donor supplied him with the organs he so badly needed. Again Mr. Hargravc. the nephew of Stoufiville Councillor Rob Hargrave. was "lhe catch was the lungs were too big for the body of a then-teenang boy and had to be trimmed to fit. When he turned 24, his body began to reject the transplant and his health took a turn for the worse in Novem- )Cl’. He was matched and had his second transplant last month, Tanis Hargrave said. adding he is “doing very well". This time around, the donated lungs fit her son's body and the surgery that was expected to take up to 15 hours, because of the difficulâ€" ties associated with second transplant proce dures, only took 7-1/2 to complete. “After the first transplant, he was in the placed on the transplant list awaiting a match. hospital for two months." Ms llargrave said. "'lhis time. he was out in 28 days." He is continuing to rebuild his muscles and working out his lungs at Toronto (len- eral Hospital three times a week, but is feeling great. she added. These kinds of miracles w the gift of life 7- are what motivate Ms llargrave to con tinue stressing the importance of registering >‘LA I 3 " Inpu- MMTlMOILY (' MANY. STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD WITTEVEEN (905) 640-4646 6312 M rm Stou 'ewellers