After a decade of waiting, Millie Kuliktana finally received the double lung transplant she desperately needed. Then, a global pandemic hit.
Now, Kuliktana is locked down in Edmonton, awaiting a time when it's safe for her to travel home to Kugluktuk, Nunavut.
Even though she's now among the Canadians most vulnerable to COVID-19, Kuliktana still speaks a message of strength.
"We didn't survive [the] transplant to give in to the virus," she told the host of CBC's Trailbreaker in an interview Wednesday morning.
"You don't know how scared I am, but I can't let fear control me."
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