WALKERTOWN, N.C. -- In honor of National Donate to Life Month one Triad-area teen is sharing her story of survival. Ashley McKnight battled Cystic Fibrosis for most of her short life. Doctors told her last year she was losing her battle and needed a lung transplant.
She went on the transplant list on Oct. 28 and received two new lungs exactly one month later on Nov. 28. From the surgery, the doctors at UNC Hospital made a startling discovery. “They told me after they looked at my lungs that I probably wouldn't have lived even a year,” Ashley said. “If I wouldn't have had it, I mean it went from 5 years to 1 year, if that.”
Ashley’s mother Christine said it’s scary to think that she was so close to losing her daughter. But she said thanks to someone's unselfish act, her daughter is alive. “It's hard to put into words, heartfelt, that someone lost someone, for our child to be saved,” Christine said. “And there are no words I can describe except to say thank you to them.”
Now the McKnight family is stressing the importance of becoming an organ donor.
“They say one person can save up to 8 lives and save someone's loved one why not do it,” Christine said.
The Children's Organ Transplant Association, along with the Walkertown Civic Club, teamed up to help the family with a fundraiser.
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