'I have the will to live': N.B. woman needs double lung transplant

The simple task of walking from one room to another causes Yvette Taylor to run out of breath and stops her in her tracks.

She’s been approved for surgery in Toronto, but the process can’t start until her family finds affordable accommodations and a caregiver to nurse her back to health.

Her daughter Julie Laforge has started a GoFundMe fundraiser to get her situated in Toronto and to pay for a caregiver, both huge costs.

NB Lung has already helped by funding a trip to Toronto last fall to get her tests and assessments done, a great relief for the family.

Yvette Taylor (left) sits on a couch in her Riverview, N.B., home with her friend Carol Ritchie (right) and daughter Julie Laforge (centre).

She admits living on her own is tough, but social workers do come to her home in Riverview, N.B., a few times a week and her family and friends provide her with a strong support system.