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So it seems like everybody is up in arms about Pepe/Gina's blog... I must admit I was SHOCKED when I found out it seems like everythings has been a scam... I tried to access her blog and couldn't understand why it said that you needed permission/whatever to read the blog, as I've been following it and praying for Gina for MONTHS now... her blog is/was even listed under my 'other very cool blogs', and I've mentioned her a couple of times...



So all of this seems rather confusing, and I'd be interested to see where this will end, because many people have donated money towards her cause. What I DO know is that 2 independant people I've talked to previously have had their doubts regarding the blog. Both of them were saying something's fishy, and that such a story can't be possible. I'm not sure if I wanted it to be true or not, because if it IS true Gina's been to hell and back, and if it wasn't true, is such a sickening thing to do and kills blog-credibitily and faith in humanity.



Here's what I DO know...

  • Paul Mooney, the author of Friends of Pepe has CF and had a lung tx, as far as I know.
  • His lungs are not doing well and he's very anti-transplant at the moment.
  • Paul's blog Transplantland (also listed under my blog-list) has also been closed down.
  • What kind of tx-centre would transplant someone on ECMO?
  • How can they consider a second transplant if the first one was such a disaster and she had such serious infections and high fevers?
  • How is it possible that her bloodgroup is a universal recipient, yet she waited 2 years for lungs, and eventually they REDUCED lungs to fit her??? JUST AFTER SHE WAS PUT ON ECMO?????
  • It is unusual for a blog not to have any photo's (except one, which is apparently not even Gina, but a friend of hers) etc.
  • Details of what hospital she was in was never given that I know of.

Hopefully the truth comes out soon... go to http://exposetrolls.blogspot.com/ to follow what's happening... If all of this is true, it's too sickening for words, and utterly disgusts me.

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