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Built by someone who lived it.
My wife Lonna was diagnosed with scleroderma over twenty-five years ago. For most of those years we lived a full, adventurous life — the Camino de Santiago, Colorado summers, tennis, travel, building something real together. The disease was always there. We just didn't let it be in charge.
When her pulmonary function started declining, I became more than a husband. I became a scheduler, an advocate, a medical analyst, a logistics coordinator, and eventually a full-time caregiver. I refer to my professional career as prolific — Amazon Kuiper, streaming video, low earth satellites. None of it compares to Project LonnasLungs.
On March 6, 2023, Lonna received a double lung transplant at Houston Methodist. What followed was two and a half years of the most intense, exhausting, meaningful work of my life. She fought through everything — the ICU, the delirium, the feeding tube, the infusions, the setbacks, the recovery, the adventures. She was a bad ass mofo. I use the present tense deliberately.
Lonna passed on July 29, 2025. She was 63. The last few hours were beautiful and peaceful. Her room faced the morning sun.
This site exists because of her. And for the next person sitting in a hospital room at 3am who needs to know that someone else has been there — and that there's a way through.
Lonna in the ICU at Houston Methodist, March 2023. Ten days on a ventilator. Fifteen days in the ICU. She walked out.
About Lonna
Lonna Stacy King was petite and mighty. She went paragliding for her 50th birthday. She hiked the Camino de Santiago. She had an emerald ring from Disney World, a leather jacket, jewelry she made herself, and an opinion about everything. She never complained. She felt sorry for me even though I never felt sorry for myself.
She was always up for some epic adventure. She still is.
“She had so much to complain about and yet I never heard her complain about anything. She took it all in stride.”
— A neighbor“She was gentle when it mattered, fierce in her convictions and a true fighter. She inspired us throughout her journey with her strength and grace.”
— A close friend“She had that rare gift of making people feel fully seen and heard — you knew she truly cared when she spoke with you.”
— A friendThe book
The Caregiver's Trap: A Roadmap for When the Caregiver Needs Care
Lonna and I started writing this together a couple months before she passed. Technically I'm writing it — but she did contribute to the foreword. The audience is primarily for other caregivers, and specifically written for our son Brian. Look for it where books are found.
Keep me accountable.
This site is the roadmap made public.
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“It was a privilege of a lifetime to take care of Lonna. And she is the one who always took care of me.”— Casey King, July 2025