When I interviewed him over the phone last week, comedian Brennen Reeves was huffing and puffing while taking a walk on a hot day in Savannah, Georgia. When I followed up with him later, he was packing for a move. These two routine activities—walking and lifting—are borderline miracles for Reeves, who underwent a double lung transplant when he was 19 years old.
He was aware of his life expectancy during his youth, but most kids see the future in the abstract. So Reeves went about his business. He played sports, pretty much anything that wasn’t football. He ran until he couldn’t maintain the necessary strength to do so, which occurred when he turned 15. Doctors began closely monitoring Reeves until he was in dire need of the double transplant, but not too sick that it wouldn’t take. When he was 19, the time had come.
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