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From his bed 13 year old Martin Alexander can see the mailman coming, and it’s about all he has to look forward to these days.

Three years ago, the cystic fibrosis victim received two new lungs in a transplant operation.  Now the lungs are deteriorating, and the drugs he has to take to keep them working have given him even more problems.

For a year, Becky Alexander said, “he was as close to normal as could be.  He could ride a bike and swim.”  But over the past year, Alexander said, his condition has begun sliding downhill.  “He has about 20% of normal lung function.  It will get worse, and nothing can be done about it.”  Martin has contracted osteoporosis from the constant doses of steroids needed for the lung transplant.  Four vertebra in his back have broken.  “If he gets out of bed he risks breaking a bone, if he stays in bed he risks pneumonia,” she said.

He’d like to get some cheery Christmas cards. (“He’s gotten a lot of kind of sad cards from real nice people saying, ‘We’re praying for you’ - that gets depressing after a while”, she said.)

“The highlight of his day is the mailman’s visit.  His bed is right by the window”

Cards and letters for Martin Alexander may be sent to him at 147 Laurel Drive, Albany, GA  31707.
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From his bed 13 year old Martin Alexander can see the mailman coming, and it’s about all he has to look forward to these days.

Three years ago, the cystic fibrosis victim received two new lungs in a transplant operation.  Now the lungs are deteriorating, and the drugs he has to take to keep them working have given him even more problems.

For a year, Becky Alexander said, “he was as close to normal as could be.  He could ride a bike and swim.”  But over the past year, Alexander said, his condition has begun sliding downhill.  “He has about 20% of normal lung function.  It will get worse, and nothing can be done about it.”  Martin has contracted osteoporosis from the constant doses of steroids needed for the lung transplant.  Four vertebra in his back have broken.  “If he gets out of bed he risks breaking a bone, if he stays in bed he risks pneumonia,” she said.

He’d like to get some cheery Christmas cards. (“He’s gotten a lot of kind of sad cards from real nice people saying, ‘We’re praying for you’ - that gets depressing after a while”, she said.)

“The highlight of his day is the mailman’s visit.  His bed is right by the window”

Cards and letters for Martin Alexander may be sent to him at 147 Laurel Drive, Albany, GA  31707.
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