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Illinois mother, who is also cancer survivor, gets double lung transplant after COVID
By Cate Cauguiran
OAK FOREST, Illinois -- A 52-year-old cancer survivor and mom in Illinois got a double lung transplant after a severe case of COVID-19, despite being vaccinated.
"This is not going to stop me because I have a long life ahead of me. I have my children, my husband, my grandkids," said Laura Bratlien.
A wife, mother and grandmother, she beat cancer and then battled through months of hospitalization after contracting COVID-19. She spoke Thursday from her hospital bed while recovering from a double lung transplant.
Bratlien said her battle with COVID started in late April, a month after she got the vaccine.
"It turned very quickly from a sore throat to the point where I couldn't breathe," she said. "It got to the point where I couldn't even talk enough to call an ambulance."...
Illinois mother, who is also cancer survivor, gets double lung transplant after COVID
By Cate Cauguiran
OAK FOREST, Illinois -- A 52-year-old cancer survivor and mom in Illinois got a double lung transplant after a severe case of COVID-19, despite being vaccinated.
"This is not going to stop me because I have a long life ahead of me. I have my children, my husband, my grandkids," said Laura Bratlien.
A wife, mother and grandmother, she beat cancer and then battled through months of hospitalization after contracting COVID-19. She spoke Thursday from her hospital bed while recovering from a double lung transplant.
Bratlien said her battle with COVID started in late April, a month after she got the vaccine.
"It turned very quickly from a sore throat to the point where I couldn't breathe," she said. "It got to the point where I couldn't even talk enough to call an ambulance."...
