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After months of waiting in the unknown, the call finally comes.

In this episode of Between Breaths, Courtney takes you inside the moment every transplant family dreams of and fears at the same time, the moment the surgery is over.

From the consultation room to the ICU, this is the story of Ryder’s double lung transplant… and the first time his parents saw him with his new lungs.

You’ll hear what actually happens during a lung transplant. The race against ischemic time, the complexity of the surgery, and the reality of recovery in the first critical hours.

But more than that, this episode captures the raw, unfiltered emotion of what it feels like to finally exhale after living in survival mode for months.

The overwhelming gratitude.
The fear that doesn’t immediately disappear.
The moment everything changes.

This is where the “In-Between” ends… and the “Beyond” begins.

Take a deep breath for Ryder today.

Between Breaths is a space for families walking through pediatric lung transplant. The fear, the strength, the grief, and the miracles.

This podcast shares personal experience and is not intended as medical advice.

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We’re in this together.