Between Two Lungs is a very special song to me. I was introduced to Florence (& The Machine) the summer of 2011. During that time, my child underwent a double lung transplant due to end stage cystic fibrosis. I pretend this is the story of the donor and my son...
The lyrics "My running feet could fly, each breath screaming we are all too young to die", I think of the donor, and their tragic accident, perhaps their thoughts as they are in an unconscious state between life and death.
The lyrics "The breath that passed from you to me
That flew between us as we slept" I think of the actual event, the donor "asleep in death" and my child "asleep via sedation." The death, the harvesting, the surgery.
The last lyrics are so appropriate post transplant. My child no longer is stealing days from death, he is definitely not begging for breath, but his new lungs are near and dear to him, and he prays and thanks his donor and his God of choice regularly. He plays full sets of tennis and has goals of running 5ks and more.
This song echoes a profound event in my life, the tragic death of an organ donor and the new life they gave my child.
Between Two Lungs is a very special song to me. I was introduced to Florence (& The Machine) the summer of 2011. During that time, my child underwent a double lung transplant due to end stage cystic fibrosis. I pretend this is the story of the donor and my son...
The lyrics "My running feet could fly, each breath screaming we are all too young to die", I think of the donor, and their tragic accident, perhaps their thoughts as they are in an unconscious state between life and death.
The lyrics "The breath that passed from you to me That flew between us as we slept" I think of the actual event, the donor "asleep in death" and my child "asleep via sedation." The death, the harvesting, the surgery.
The last lyrics are so appropriate post transplant. My child no longer is stealing days from death, he is definitely not begging for breath, but his new lungs are near and dear to him, and he prays and thanks his donor and his God of choice regularly. He plays full sets of tennis and has goals of running 5ks and more.
This song echoes a profound event in my life, the tragic death of an organ donor and the new life they gave my child.