Two nights ago my younger sister passed away in her sleep aged 66. She had hypersensitivity pneumonitis, a lung condition. The likely cause was the sanding down of the original wood flooring of their Edwardian house many years ago. In those days they used formaldehyde and other substances to lay them.
Sadly she was refused a lung transplant due to her age. She was a very fit and vivacious person who did yoga etc and didn’t look her age (see pic taken last year before she had breathing difficulties and had to be on oxygen. She used to volunteer in South America to aid stranded turtles to get back to their natural habitat amongst other things.
I know they have to have a cut off age as there are children and younger people needing transplants but she wasn’t a little old lady near the end of her time, far from it. She had a lot more life to live. I wish they could have just seen her as a person and not her age. Excuse my rant but she was a dearly loved sister.
Thank you everybody for your kind words. My heart goes out to those on here who too have lost sisters. 
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I too send condolences - a sad loss.
Smurf, I share your desolation and know what it is to have lost a much loved sister. Two years ago my sister was taken by the dreadful Motor Neuron Disease, from which there is only one way out. I miss her sorely and time and again find myself thinking. 'I must tell D about that'. She lives in my memory from the day she lay in my 3-year-old arms as a new-born baby, through our childhood, adolescence and motherhood. I'm so sorry that you too are having to go through this bereavement.
Life is so cruel sometimes. So very sorry Smurf.
I'm so sorry to hear this, Smurf52.
Please look after yourself at this awful time
I'm sorry for the loss of your dear sister Smurf. She looks a vibrant and lovely lady. Hugs and to you.
I’m so sorry, Smurf, that’s so very sad. I lost my sister two years ago, words can’t describe how it affects one.
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