Lung Transplant Patient Story: Will Thompson
Army Staff Sergeant Serves Two Tours in Iraq and Receives a Successful Second Lung Transplant For Will Thompson, 45, huge life events seem to come in twos. An Army Staff Sergeant, Will served as a combat medic/nurse during two tours in Iraq. When he returned home, he underwent two lung transplants over a four-year period to treat his chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, a condition many believe was caused by the dust and smoke he was exposed to while on active duty in Iraq.