The mum-of-two, from Burntisland, Fife, was rushed back to hospital on New Year’s Day after returning home for Christmas.
A mum with cystic fibrosis may need a double lung transplant after a Covid infection left her struggling to breathe. Ashley Grigor was told her lung function may never recover after it dropped to just 50 per cent of its normal capacity last year.
The mum-of-two, from Burntisland, Fife, was rushed back to hospital on New Year’s Day after returning home for Christmas.
Ashley, who was diagnosed with the illness at 11 months old, previously managed it with medication but has been told she may need the transplant if she fails to improve.
She said: “When my consultant told me I might need a double transplant, I didn’t know what to think at first. I was think-ing, ‘What if I’m not here for my kids growing up?’ What if I don’t make the transplant?’”
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited genetic condition which causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, digestive system and other organs.
Ashley Grigor with her daughter Jane-Ashley(Image: )
Ashley, who is mother to Jane-Ashley, eight, and son Kye, 16, also suffers from asthma and severe bronchiectasis, due to permanent scarring caused by the disease.
She contracted Covid in September and was put on four courses of antibiotics at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
The 33-year-old said: “Over the last six months my asthma has got much worse and I haven’t responded to treatment the way I should. It’s hard to explain but I feel it in my lungs and I’m not sure if this is my new normal.
“Now I just have to hope for the best, I’m still getting tests done to figure out what exactly is happening but they are preparing for the worst.”
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Ashley was previously treated with the drug Kaftrio, put into use by the NHS in Scotland in 2020, which helps the lungs work more efficiently.
But she added: “When I started Kaftrio, it was like all my symptoms disappeared. Now I feel I’m back to where I was, if not worse.”
