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February 08, 2023

Patient sidelined by lung transplant hopes to continue traveling the world

IU Health Methodist Hospital

Patient sidelined by lung transplant hopes to continue traveling the world

Richard Montague spent his early retirement years traveling the world with his wife. A day before they were to head out on another adventure, Rich, who has pulmonary fibrosis, started having a hard time breathing. "I went to bed and I told my wife, Becky, I said I’m sorry, but we’re not going. I’m canceling the plane. I’m canceling the whole thing... I just can't seem to catch my breath. Thank God my wife then called my daughter and the two of them called an ambulance," said Rich who underwent a double lung transplant days later.

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