Join the Swim Team- Transplant Recipient Bill Coon Releases Book
Posted Sep 09 2010 8:45am
Many of you are familiar with Bill Coon as he shared his experience waiting for a heart and kidney transplant with the DLI blog readers. Many of us followed the emotional and physical struggles a transplant patient experiences through news stories and Bill’s personal updates. Bill is now sharing his story with the world. SWIM: A Memoir of Survival will be released soon. He introduces the book and his blog below.
-Nick
Hey DLI blog followers,
I am very excited and pleased to announce that my book, SWIM: A Memoir of Survival will be released this month! I say “this month” because due to technical issues, it may not be on Amazon by the date I had hoped it to be. I was originally shooting for September 13, 2010. In anticipation of the release, I began a blog entitled, “ 13 Days of SWIM .”
Each day I give either an insider’s view into the creation of the book, or sneak peeks at some of my entries.
SWIM: A Memoir of Survival tells the story of my battle with end-stage heart and kidney failure. At the onset of my illness I began writing my thoughts as a form of personal therapy. After writing for two weeks, I realized that if I were to survive, my words could someday be a means of support and motivation to someone who found themselves in my situation.
The book takes you into my hospital room and follows me through my work-up to get on the organ recipient list, and my eventual 58 day wait. During those 58 days, I fought through countless procedures. I took an emotional and spiritual trip into my own mind, and walked out of the hospital a changed man. I would later return home, where I would find myself grieving over the fact that someone had to die for me to be living. However, in the end, I would find peace. I would look back on everything I had been through, smile and say, “Knowing what I know now, I would do it all over again.”
I hope you’re ready to SWIM…
Please feel free to check out my blog entries. If you are interested in learning about the books release, please join my SWIM TEAM to receive a reminder.
Many of you are familiar with Bill Coon as he shared his experience waiting for a heart and kidney transplant with the DLI blog readers. Many of us followed the emotional and physical struggles a transplant patient experiences through news stories and Bill’s personal updates. Bill is now sharing his story with the world. SWIM: A Memoir of Survival will be released soon. He introduces the book and his blog below.
-Nick
Hey DLI blog followers,
I am very excited and pleased to announce that my book, SWIM: A Memoir of Survival will be released this month! I say “this month” because due to technical issues, it may not be on Amazon by the date I had hoped it to be. I was originally shooting for September 13, 2010. In anticipation of the release, I began a blog entitled, “ 13 Days of SWIM .”
Each day I give either an insider’s view into the creation of the book, or sneak peeks at some of my entries.
SWIM: A Memoir of Survival tells the story of my battle with end-stage heart and kidney failure. At the onset of my illness I began writing my thoughts as a form of personal therapy. After writing for two weeks, I realized that if I were to survive, my words could someday be a means of support and motivation to someone who found themselves in my situation.
The book takes you into my hospital room and follows me through my work-up to get on the organ recipient list, and my eventual 58 day wait. During those 58 days, I fought through countless procedures. I took an emotional and spiritual trip into my own mind, and walked out of the hospital a changed man. I would later return home, where I would find myself grieving over the fact that someone had to die for me to be living. However, in the end, I would find peace. I would look back on everything I had been through, smile and say, “Knowing what I know now, I would do it all over again.”
I hope you’re ready to SWIM…
Please feel free to check out my blog entries. If you are interested in learning about the books release, please join my SWIM TEAM to receive a reminder.
I hope you enjoy my blog!
Bill Coon