The call that changed Brandon Dennis’ life came at 4:25 a.m. March 18. He was lying in a hospital bed in St. Louis.
Dennis, 21, of Chanute, had been in St. Louis since September awaiting a double lung transplant, a result of his lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis.
The disease caused his body to produce unusually thick and sticky mucus that eventually ruined his lungs. He was tied to an oxygen tank 24 hours a day until he was placed on a ventilator at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis in late January.
“My wife (Colleen) got the call at 4:25,”…
Prognosis turns positive
