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Spokane's Episcopal bishop talks about living with a serious health condition

Courtesy of Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane is waiting.

The Right Reverend Gretchen Rehberg is on a transplant list in Seattle for two donor lungs. Hers are failing because of a disease she’s had for more than two decades and which has progressed to the point where she sometimes needs to take supplemental oxygen. She’s no longer able to do many of the activities she enjoys.

Rehberg wrote about her medical condition and all of the things that come with it in a recent column at SpokaneFavs.com. She agreed to talk about it with us.

Doug Nadvornick has spent most of his 30+-year radio career at Spokane Public Radio and filled a variety of positions. He is currently the program director and news director. Through the years, he has also been the local Morning Edition and All Things Considered host (not at the same time). He served as the Inland Northwest correspondent for the Northwest News Network, based in Coeur d’Alene. He created the original program grid for KSFC. He has also served for several years as a board member for Public Media Journalists Association. During his years away from SPR, he worked at The Pacific Northwest Inlander, Washington State University in Spokane and KXLY Radio.