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She Read Her Daughter’s Journals, Then Published Them After Her Death
Riley’s Children Hospital, June 06, 2019
‘Salt in My Soul,’ Mallory Smith Says What All of Us Are Thinking
Gunnar Esiason, April 24, 2019
Salt in My Soul is a powerful, heartbreaking and inspiring look at Mallory Smith’s life.
Deborah Kobylt LIVE: Diane Shader Smith – Writer, Publicist, and Cystic Fibrosis Advocate
Deborah Zara Kobylt, June 26, 2019
Salt in My Soul is a powerful, heartbreaking and inspiring look at Mallory Smith’s life.
Cystic Fibrosis Took Her Life. In Her Writing, She Left An Extraordinary Gift
Forward, April 24, 2019
Mallory Smith’s memoir “Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life” may prove the most difficult book you’ll ever read.
Because you know the ending.
Mallory Smith Died Of Cystic Fibrosis Complications, But Her Mom Is Making Sure Her Story Is Told
Bustle, March 12, 2019
“Cystic fibrosis is a disease that does a lot of taking — of dreams, of time, of travel, of friendships, of freedom, of potential, of plans, of lives,” Mallory Smith wrote in the introduction to her journals.
Salt in My Soul at LMU
CURes Blog, April 22, 2019
“She wanted to work in environmental education but the field work she would be doing was too risky for her health, her doctors told her not to” said Diane Shader Smith, mother of Mallory Smith, during an emotional and groundbreaking talk in the LSB Auditorium on April 8, 2019.
Now Reading: April 2019
Literary Mama, April 26, 2019
If, like me, you have an app on your cell phone in which you list the titles of books you want to read, open it up! I think you’re going to want to add one or more of this month’s Literary Mama staff reading recommendations to it.
Mother to Present Daughter’s Posthumous Memoir ‘Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life’
Village Green NJ, April 10, 2019
Beverly Hills Community Embraces Mallory Smith’s Legacy At Book Launch
Beverly Hills Courier, March 23, 2019
Diane Shader Smith Speaks About “Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life”
XRAY in the Morning, March 11, 2019
Soul Sisters: My Reflections on Mallory Smith’s Memoir
Cystic Fibrosis News Today, June 26, 2019
A truth binds the lives of two women who have never met. One sees into the other’s soul through her writing — for both women, cystic fibrosis (CF) has been their greatest blessing and most dreadful curse.
A life remembered: Mallory Smith
Cystic Fibrosis Trust, March 12, 2019
Before Mallory Smith died age 25, she asked her mum Diane to publish her diaries, going back to her teens. When Diane looked through them after Mallory’s death she discovered a rich internal life that her daughter had recorded between hospital stays and periods of declining health.
SALT IN MY SOUL: AN UNFINISHED LIFE by Mallory Smith
Common Reads, March 12, 2019
Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life (Spiegel & Grau; ISBN: 978-1-9848-5542-8) collects diary entries of Mallory Smith—a remarkable young woman who was determined to live a meaningful and happy life despite her struggle with cystic fibrosis and a rare superbug—from age fifteen to her death at the age of twenty-five.
Mallory Smith’s Voice Shines Through In ‘Salt In My Soul’
Beverly Hills Courier, January 25, 2019
Superbugs Are Nearly Impossible to Fight. This Last-Resort Medical Treatment Offers Hope
TIME Magazine, December 18, 2017
Facing mortality: a young woman’s lifelong battle with illness
LA Times, December 13, 2017
The age of 25, for most people, is the beginning of life, not the end. But, as anyone will tell you, Mallory Smith, class of 2010, was not most people.
Young Alumna and Writer
Stanford Magazine, March 03, 2018
In her lifetime, Mallory Smith co-authored a book, advocated for protection of the Hawaiian Islands, and wrote about her experience living with a chronic, progressive lung disease.
Mallory Smith, ’14, died on November 15, 2017, from complications after receiving a double lung transplant at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She was 25.
Alumna’s lifelong battle with illness inspires community
Beverly Highlights, December 04, 2017
The age of 25, for most people, is the beginning of life, not the end. But, as anyone will tell you, Mallory Smith, class of 2010, was not most people.
A patient’s legacy: Researchers work to make phage therapy less of a long shot
STAT News, November 28, 2017
he researcher couldn’t get Mallory Smith’s story out of her mind. Smith was a 25-year-old cystic fibrosis patient, and she was near death at a Pittsburgh hospital, her lungs overwhelmed by bacteria. All antibiotics had failed. As a last resort, her father suggested an experimental treatment known as phage therapy.
Beverly High Graduate, Cystic Fibrosis Advocate Mallory Smith Dies At 25
Beverly Hills Courier, November 16, 2017
To save a young woman besieged by superbugs, scientists hunt a killer virus
PBS, November 12, 2017
The word from the doctors came early this week: They had tried one cocktail of antibiotics after another, but Mallory Smith’s fever and chill and chest rattle were only getting worse. They were out of options.
Why Lung Transplant Patients Rejected by Other Hospitals Seek UPMC
Beckers Hospital Review, October 26, 2017
To save a young woman besieged by superbugs, scientists hunt a killer virus
STAT News, November 10, 2017
he word from the doctors came early this week: They had tried one cocktail of antibiotics after another, but Mallory Smith’s fever and chill and chest rattle were only getting worse. They were out of options.
Woman Repeatedly Rejected For Lung Transplant Undergoes Successful Surgery At UPMC Hospital..
Pittsburgh CBS Local, October 09, 2017
A woman who had been turned down over and over again for a lung transplant finally got one right here in Pittsburgh.
Mallory Smith is getting ready to celebrate her 25th birthday, which is just three days away. That might not sound extraordinary, but it is. Smith believes doctors here in Pittsburgh saved her life.
Why Would A Hospital Turn Away A Transplant Patient? To Keep Its Numbers Up
WESA.fm, September 29, 2017
Mallory Smith rolls her IV medication pole as she walks through the hallway at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital to get some exercise following major surgery.
“I’m taking like six IV medications throughout the day. So they all come through on these different pumps,” Smith said.
UPMC Performs Life-Saving Transplant After Woman Turned Down Across the Country
Pittsburgh Action 4 News, October 09, 2017
Mallory Smith, 24, suffers from cystic fibrosis and was in desperate need of a double lung transplant. She is from Los Angeles, but UCLA and Stanford turned her down.
More than 2,000 miles away at UPMC, Smith said doctors saved her life.
CF Patient, Recovering from Double Transplant, Inspires ‘Lunges4Lungs’ Fundraiser
Cystic Fibrosis News Today, September 20, 20177
The lunges keep coming for Lunges4Lungs, even as Mallory Smith recovers from the double lung transplant she has received to help extend her life.
Friends of Smith started the transplant fundraising campaign, which involves people making donations for each of the leg-muscle exercises known as lunges that they perform. Although doctors have performed her transplant, the lunges for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation‘s new transplant initiative continue.
Patient waiting for transplant launches ‘Lunges4Lungs’ challenge
Fox News, September 17, 2017
The stress of waiting for a lung transplant sparked a 24-year-old patient’s desire to raise awareness for a complicated disease.
Mallory Smith, who has cystic fibrosis and is on the waiting list for a pair of lungs, started the ‘Lunges4Lungs’ campaign along with her friends.
Beverly Hills High Graduate Mallory Smith Receives Double Lung Transplant
Beverly Hills Courier, September 14, 2017
Battling cystic fibrosis is tough. But Mallory Smith is determined to live happy.
BH Weekly, August 04, 2016
BHHS Grad Won’t Let Illness Keep Her from Stanford
Patch.com, September 01, 2010
When Beverly Hills resident Mallory Smith first received her acceptance letter to Stanford University, she could not contain her excitement about the opportunities awaiting her.
Countdown to Graduation: Mallory Smith/h3>
Patch.com, June 10, 2010
When Beverly Hills resident Mallory Smith first received her acceptance letter to Stanford University, she could not contain her excitement about the opportunities awaiting her.
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