RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A Williamsburg man celebrated his 43rd birthday after a successful lung transplant at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), which occurred in mid-May.

A month after a surgery that took place on Sunday, May 11, Ty McLain became the inaugural patient of VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center’s new lung transplant program.

“Last year, I couldn’t blow my birthday candles out," he said. "This year I can."

On Friday, June 6, Tami McLain, Ty's wife, shared her relief over her husband's condition a month after surgery.

"I remember that first appointment we had in late October, and Ty said, 'How long am I going to be out of work for this?' and he said, 'About four months,' and Ty said, 'How about we shoot for three?'" Tami said. "Here we are, not even a month away, and

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