I had not heard of Eva Markvoort until last week, when I read the CNN article about her death last month. Apparently, I was one of the few who hadn't heard of her. She suffered from cystic fibrosis and was a beautiful, vivacious person. She started a blog in 2006 to connect with others who suffered from CF, but others found her blog too. She detailed her good days, bad days, the hard times with CF with excruciating details. She also starred in a film called 65_RedRoses about her double lung transplant. Unfortunately, she started rejecting the lungs, and she was waiting for another double lung transplant, but it did not come in time.
But her efforts to spread the need for research for CF and the need to be an organ donor will live on. She wanted to make an impact on the world, and she did. In a big way.
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