This morning, I woke up to a Facebook post, “Everett has new lungs and they are working!!”

The phrase that comes to mind is “Everett’s New Lungs”, like it could be a children’s book.

It was around eight years ago that I met Everett and his family. His sister had written a blog post criticizing the administration of the school she attended and was facing retribution. I wrote about it, attended trials and parties and got to know the family.

Since then, I’ve followed the efforts to get new lungs for Everett.

It is hard to find words to describe my reaction to this news. Joy and amazement seem like words that are too weak.

The post came nestled amongst other posts of friends who have been fighting cancer and have celebrated hearing that they were now in “full remission”.

It seems like I’ve been stumbling across so much negative news online these days, it is great to hear good news, examples of advances in science and in health care working.