Stokesdale woman continues to give back after receiving a double lung transplant

Julie McCormick of Stokesdale, North Carolina enjoys the simple things in life. “I love spending time with my family and traveling, enjoy vacationing, hiking a little bit,” McCormick said. But in early 2019 the wife and mother of two noticed something happening to her body. “I started getting short of breath,” McCormick said. “Just doing daily activities around the house. Noticed it walking from my car to my classroom door. I felt like I needed to take a deep breath.” That’s when she decided to go to the hospital. After several tests, doctors hit her with some unexpected news. “Learned that I had a very rare lung disease that affects one in 10 million people. Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease and I was told that I had less than three months to live without a double lung transplant.” WFMY’s Lauren Coleman asked McCormick what was going through her mind when she was given the diagnosis. “Disbelief,” McCormick said. “Here I am at the time I was 45 years old never dreaming that I would need a transplant to live. I still had kids in high school and one in college and it was like wait a minute, I haven’t gotten to see any milestones yet.” Read more here :https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/new... Watch us anytime on WFMY+ -- available on Roku and Amazon Fire TV! SUBSCRIBE | https://bit.ly/2vsX74I Follow us: Facebook | https://bit.ly/3326pAY Twitter | https://bit.ly/2vIPZkT Instagram | https://bit.ly/39Ghs5a Download the WFMY News 2 app: ►Text the word APP to 336-379-5775 ►For iPhone | https://apple.co/3aaH6iM ►For Android | https://bit.ly/3aea9Sv