He had TWO Double Lung Transplants! (Interview With Chris Nalley) | O Lala! (In the Dungeon) S2 #1

In this episode we interview Chris Nalley, a 43 year old warehouse manager in Richmond who was born with Cystic Fibrosis. He didn’t receive that diagnosis until he was 9 years old and has been in and out of the hospital most of his life. When he was 25 he got pneumonia that was so severe he had to be put into a drug induced coma for 6 months from January to June. He missed his birthday, the Super Bowl, the Final Four, etc. His lungs were so damaged that he had to be put on 24/7 oxygen and was listed to have his first double lung transplant which he had in July of 2006. His life completely changed after that.He ran a 5k 5 months after his transplant, a marathon some years after that and lived a normal life for a long stretch of time. Unfortunately in 2010 his first transplanted lungs began to reject. He was re-listed for another double lung transplant in 2012 and received that in 2013. Since then, Chris has traveled the world, gotten married and divorced all while speaking to whoever he could about the gift of organ donation and how it has changed his life. He has met both of the mothers of his lung donors who are both great and supportive people in his life.Tune in to hear the details about his transplants, his donors, his relationship with both of his donor's moms, his athletic achievements, his favorite RVA dive bars, and more! ✨ 🫁Follow Chris @nalleyrunsrvaSupport the donor community:Transplant Games of AmericaLife NetDonate Life VirginiaDonate Life AmericaBecome An Organ DonorOur Sponsors:Coastal Spritz🥂Maya's Belly Dancing💃Matt's fave RVA Dive Bars:Poe's PubThe Locker RoomCaddy'sDaddio'sLakeside TavernGus'sOther Gus'sPatrick Henry PubBambooRestaurants of the week:Beauvine Burger ConceptCraftedOther shoutouts:The Great American RanchVA Is For BloggersVA Hiking (look it up on the All Trails app!)