The Singer Soars After Two Double-Lung Transplants

“Diagnosed at age 20 with pulmonary arterial hypertension, or high blood pressure in the lungs, Charity Tillemann-Dick’s heart was more than three times larger than normal. But she couldn’t imagine a life without song. As her career flourished, Tillemann-Dick’s body deteriorated until a 2009 lung transplant saved her life. She was 26.”