OPINION (CBN News) – A Louisville, Kentucky pastor says he died on the operating table during a double lung transplant, went to heaven and even met his organ donor. Mike Olsen, the pastor of the Iona Community Church in Louisville, has battled Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, a terminal lung disease for five years. He had never smoked, yet the disease meant he couldn’t go anywhere without his oxygen tank. When diagnosed in 2014, doctors told Olsen he likely only had two years to live, according to WDRB-TV. IPF causes the
lungs to slowly deteriorate due to a build-up of scar tissue. The disease kills more than 30,000 people every year. There’s no known cause and no cure. While waiting for a transplant, Olsen turned his plight into a message for those suffering from IPF. He dedicated himself to promoting organ donation and IPF awareness. At present, more than 1,000 patients are on an organ transplant list just in Kentucky, according to organ donor associations. READ MORE
