Courtney Cochrane has been in and out of the hospital her entire life since she was born with a surfactant protein C deficiency and has seen many doctors.

"Courtney was born with a deficiency and in short it is called SP-C, so it's a form of a progressive interstitial lung disease," explained Bobbie Torrie, a family friend of the Cochrane's. "So meaning that Courtney's lungs do not function as they should. They do not absorb and disperse oxygen properly or expel [carbon] dioxide properly from the body."

Courtney will be 21 this October and has been having a tough battle with her lungs this past year. She's been fighting pneumonia on and off since last November, being in and out of the hospital for the past couple of months.

This past September, she was flown to Regina, but her condition is so bad that she needs a lung transplant and is currently in Edmonton with a transplant team waiting for a donor.

With all the stress and travelling, Torrie found a way to help out.

"[We] created the "Support Courtney Cochrane" gofundme page for Courtney and her family," she explained. "This is to help assist with any uncovered medical expenses as well as assist with travel and accommodation needs for Courtney's family while she's in Edmonton."

Torrie describes Courtney as fun loving, energetic, strong, and a positive young lady, and in just four days, the gofundme has managed to raise over $8,000.

The Cochrane family is also very active around the community in Moose Jaw and surrounding area with 4H, cattle, and horse shows.

The family thanks the Regina General MICU and The University Of Alberta in Edmonton General Systems ICU for everything they have done and are doing for Courtney.

You can help support the Cochrane family by donating to the gofundme or by donating to the "Courtney Cochrane and Family Trust Fund" at RBC, which they are hoping to make it so anyone can donate nationally.