After Double-Lung Transplant, UVA Patient Is Again Competing in Triathlons
August 05, 2023
August 05, 2023
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 5 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release:
R.J. Redstrom didn't have much time left.
On a Monday in August 2020, still early in the pandemic, he noticed he had a cough. The next morning, he woke up feeling even worse - a rarity for Redstrom, whose intense fitness regimen usually helped prevent him from getting sick. He took a COVID test, and days later the results confirmed his fear: He had come down with the . . .
R.J. Redstrom didn't have much time left.
On a Monday in August 2020, still early in the pandemic, he noticed he had a cough. The next morning, he woke up feeling even worse - a rarity for Redstrom, whose intense fitness regimen usually helped prevent him from getting sick. He took a COVID test, and days later the results confirmed his fear: He had come down with the . . .