Lucky 13: Double lung transplant patient opens up about waiting game and living with CF

Nicholas O’Halloran began to give up on getting the double lung transplant he needed. Now he is living a life of hope, he tells Helen O’Callaghan.

When Nicholas O’Halloran got his first call for a double lung transplant, he didn’t know he’d entered a three-year waiting game.

It was summer 2011, his sister’s wedding was on the horizon for the autumn of that year and Nicholas was very ill with cystic fibrosis (CF).