Simple dreams
GONDOLIER PHOTO BY AUDREY BLACKWELL
Erin Coleman holds her pet cat, Dweezle. Erin has end-stage lung disease and needs a double lung transplant. Friends are holding fundraisers for the 28-year-old to help raise a required $10,000 to offset extra medical and living expenses following the operation. Her name will not go on a list of potential recipients until the extra finances are secured.
GONDOLIER PHOTO BY AUDREY BLACKWELL
An impressive array of oxygen bottles are lined up for Erin Coleman's use. She requires continuous oxygen and changes the bottle every four hours.
GONDOLIER PHOTO BY AUDREY BLACKWELL
Arlene Coleman holds a photo a friend took of Erin wearing a nasal cannula that provides a continuous supply of life-giving oxygen to the 28-year-old. She has end-stage lung disease and has been wearing a cannula for eight years. Erin needs a double lung transplant.
Erin Coleman, 28, of Venice, has a few goals in life.
“I really want to do my own laundry, stand in the kitchen and devote time to cooking a meal,” she said, “and — this is the girl part of me coming out — but I want to try on wedding dresses without collapsing.”
