# @cbsphiladelphia on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJcO3RetSm_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30364577-cbsphiladelphia-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b14f252e3c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-09T17:26:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CBS Philadelphia (@cbsphiladelphia) — https://gondola.cc/cbsphiladelphia

## Caption

Mark Sheppard loves to be in nature. He's often on local trails near his Wayne, #Pennsylvania, home with furry sidekicks Chase and Ruthie. But his journey to get there was anything but a walk in the park.

He was diagnosed in early 2017 with a rare, incurable illness that scars over the lungs —  idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

By 2019, he was tethered to an oxygen machine and a year later, his lungs failed. Doctors intubated him after he said his goodbyes to his family.

A couple of weeks later, he woke up with two new lungs, thanks to an organ donor.

#LungForceWalk

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## Tags

pennsylvania, lungforcewalk

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