JACKSONVILLE, - 121,000 people are currently waiting for an organ transplant of some kind in the United States.
However, the demand far outweighs the supply of organs in the U.S.
It's a problem Katie Smith knows about all too well.
Smith has been living with cystic fibrosis since she was 4 months old.
It's a disease that affects her lungs and causes her to have a hard time breathing.
Her condition got so bad in 2010 that she became one of more than 5000 people in Florida now waiting for a transplant.
"My lungs are in such bad shape I have to do four treatments a day and they take about an hour to an hour and a half," Smith said.
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