Guest Interview with April Meade

About this episode

In this episode, Erica interviews April Meade about her battle with Interstitial Lung Disease and her journey towards a lung transplant.

Today, I will be interviewing April Meade. April is from Maryland, and she has Interstitial Lung Disease that was brought on by the autoimmune mixed connective tissue disease. She has been battling ILD since 2018. She has completed her pre transplant work up at INOVA Fairfax hospital pulmonary transplant clinic in Virginia. She is currently waiting now for her case to be presented to the board so she can be listed for new lungs. This episode is aired on Pandora, Spotify, and Amazon. Donations to the podcast are gladly accepted through Cashapp or PayPal. Life is Tough But So Are You! Enjoy! :)

People in this episode

Host: Erica Jackson Honeycutt

Guest: April Meade

Topics covered

• Interstitial Lung Disease
• autoimmune disease
• lung transplant
• patient journey
• health challenges

Keywords

• Interstitial Lung Disease
• autoimmune mixed connective tissue disease
• lung transplant
• patient experience
• health podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: INOVA Fairfax hospital pulmonary transplant clinic

Places: Maryland, Virginia

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