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Listen Back: Life begins at 50 for Kingscourt transplant recipient

Jan 13, 2025 15:19 By News Northern Sound
Listen Back: Life begins at 50 for Kingscourt transplant recipient
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David Crosby from Kingscourt is very much a fighter as he certainly has had to be over the years.

Resilience is very much to the fore for this local man who underwent a double lung transplant in 2016.

The father of three said that as a result of the successful transplant surgery, he was able to complete three marathons soon after before contracting Covid-19 in 2021. Life was looking great for the father of three until he contracted Covid 19 and ended up with another major fight on his hands, again for his survival.

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David ended up staying in hospital for 66 days and during that time, his medical team were not sure if he would survive. He says saying 'goodbye' to his family from a hospital bed was the "most difficult" thing he has ever had to do. He was in a coma for three weeks at the time and then on his journey to recovery he then had to receive dialysis three times a week in Cavan General Hospital.

He has revealed that he has had a successful and life changing kidney transplant.

David has been speaking to Ronan Gargan about his journey to date and has described his journey so far as a roller-coaster.

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