Organ donation crusader 'smiling ear to ear' after breathing tube removed
Hélène Campbell, the 20-year-old Ottawa internet sensation who underwent a double-lung transplant after engaging major celebrities in her organ donation campaign, has taken to Twitter to announce she is breathing on her own after surgery.
"Oh my gosh, what a great day! No more tubes, I can breathe!" she wrote in a Twitter post around 3:40 p.m. ET.
The message added: "LYLT" — an acronym for "love you lung time," which Campbell's mother, Sarah, said were among her daughter's last words before she was wheeled in for surgery last week at Toronto General Hospital.
On Saturday, a website set up to document Campbell's progress said she was whispering, but sounds "like Darth Vader with a case of laryngitis." The blog was being managed by her family while she rested.
Campbell's breathing tube was removed on Saturday.
"Oh my gosh, what a great day! No more tubes, I can breathe!" she wrote in a Twitter post around 3:40 p.m. ET.
The message added: "LYLT" — an acronym for "love you lung time," which Campbell's mother, Sarah, said were among her daughter's last words before she was wheeled in for surgery last week at Toronto General Hospital.
'She can now whisper, sounding like Darth Vader with a case of laryngitis and has the craziest 'big hair' we've ever seen!'—A Lung Story website post
On Saturday, a website set up to document Campbell's progress said she was whispering, but sounds "like Darth Vader with a case of laryngitis." The blog was being managed by her family while she rested.
Campbell's breathing tube was removed on Saturday.
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