As most people enjoy ample helpings at Thanksgiving, lung-transplant recipient Lara Marsh of Omaha will give thanks to many for helping her to keep on living.
Thanks to those who have attended fundraisers for her the past five years. Thanks to the performers who sang at a recent cabaret show in her honor. Thanks to relatives and friends for moral support.
And thanks to the family who donated a loved one’s lungs.
“I know how hard this time must be for that family,” she said. “I’m just grateful that they saw to it to contribute to my life.”
Lara, 43, artistic director of the Omaha Community Playhouse’s professional touring wing, the Nebraska Theatre Caravan, received a double lung transplant on Nov. 5.
She has lived most of her life with cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening disease that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, digestive tract and other areas of the body.
Thanks to those who have attended fundraisers for her the past five years. Thanks to the performers who sang at a recent cabaret show in her honor. Thanks to relatives and friends for moral support.
And thanks to the family who donated a loved one’s lungs.
“I know how hard this time must be for that family,” she said. “I’m just grateful that they saw to it to contribute to my life.”
Lara, 43, artistic director of the Omaha Community Playhouse’s professional touring wing, the Nebraska Theatre Caravan, received a double lung transplant on Nov. 5.
She has lived most of her life with cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening disease that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, digestive tract and other areas of the body.
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