DOUBLE lung transplant patient Deborah Battams is taking to the skies, strapped to the top of a 1940s Boeing Spearman biplane, to raise funds for Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals, which saved her life.
Deborah was born with cystic fibrosis and is taking on the hospitals’ wing walk, to raise funds for Royal Brompton, where she receives care and Harefield, where she had a double lung transplant in 2018.
She was born with cystic fibrosis, a progressive, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe over time.
In 2015 she contracted double pneumonia that left her requiring full-time supplementary oxygen and a ventilator to stay alive.
She needed full-time care and was unable to do anything for herself.
In 2018, Harefield gave Deborah a second chance at life with a double lung transplant.
She not only recovered quickly but found her life had been transformed by her donor’s lungs.
Now, she is taking on the wing walk, along with her husband Neil, to raise funds for the hospitals. So far, she has collected £1,460.
Deborah and Neil’s flights will take off from Essex this Saturday (10), reaching speeds of 135mph, at a height of up to 700 feet.
www.rbhcharity.org/fundraisers/deborah-and-neils-fundraising-wing-walk
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