I was only 13 years old when I was forced to face the fragility of my own life. A routine surgery landed me in a medically induced coma for two weeks with a mere 1% chance of surviving. But survive I did. — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I am 17 years old and a senior in high school. I am also, like thousands of other people living on this planet, sick. — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
When I was younger and obsessed with becoming an artist, the hospital was my New York loft apartment. I would move the furniture around… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I was only 13 years old when I was forced to face the fragility of my own life. A routine surgery landed me in… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
What happens when you have an illness where you're never going to be healthy? Does that mean I'm never going to have a life?… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
If my biggest problem in life was to be healthy, I'd be incredibly bored. — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I don't spend any time thinking about the day that I'm cured, or the day that I'm healthier, and that's because I know that… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
My purpose is to help people be more comfortable with their pain and realize that they have power and a lot to give regardless… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
Death is Inevitable. Living a life we can be proud of is something we can control. — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I've struggled more with guys, depression drugs, family and career than I ever have with my illness. I'm not an innocent and I'm not… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I want to show people that the hospital does have its moments. The hospital is just a place, and even though it does have… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I'm grateful for the doctors that'll be scooping out these lungs and giving me some more life to work with. I'm grateful for the… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
I can't just expect people to know what to say. I have to make them see me as more than my illness. — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
When we're suffering, we kind of have this notion that we kind of should stop living and we should just focus on his how… — Claire Wineland Copy Share Image
