Why can't will get a lung transplant in Five Feet Apart?

Stella plans to stay far away from Will, which she must do anyway as patients with cystic fibrosis cannot come within six feet of each other to avoid cross-contamination of bacteria.

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Does will get lungs in Five Feet Apart?

The doctors follow through with the lung surgery, but Will realizes he has to get away from Stella so she will have a chance to live a healthy life. He packs up and leaves the hospital. Eight months later, Stella's new lungs are working well, and she's enjoying good health.

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Why cant people with cystic fibrosis be within 5 feet of each other?

For people with CF, being close to others with the disease puts them at greater risk of getting and spreading dangerous germs and bacteria. This is called cross‐infection. Not only are these dangerous germs difficult to treat, but they can also lead to worsening symptoms and faster decline in lung function.

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Why couldn t Will and Stella be together?

Stella — who admits she has control issues — attempts to make over Will's medical plan, and, along the way, the two teens fall head over heels for one another. The only issue is that Stella and Will can never actually touch — or even be within six feet of one another, due to the fear of cross-infection.

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What's wrong with Will in 5 feet apart?

Five Feet Apart is a book-turned-Blockbuster film that details and stories of Stella and Will, 2 teenagers with cystic fibrosis who meet during a clinical trial. Due to the 6-foot rule, the teens cannot touch or get too close to one another.

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Five Feet Apart: Almost dying and getting new lungs

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Can two people with cystic fibrosis be together?

People with cystic fibrosis should never meet each other, as they carry bacteria within their lungs that could be harmful to each other.

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Can cystic fibrosis be contagious?

People with CF can't be together.

The good news is CF is not at all contagious or dangerous to healthy people.

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Why does Stella not want the lungs?

Stella was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was six years old and knows these symptoms can be life-threatening. Stella has a strict regimen of treatments and medication, which she follows religiously so that she will not become sick and lose her spot on the lung transplant list.

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Why did Will leave Stella at the end?

He leaves the hospital after Stella receives her lung transplant and eventually does get the opportunity to travel. Will's commitment to following his regimen and seeing doctors while traveling shows that Stella has changed him and encouraged him to value his own life.

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Will there be a Five Feet Apart Part 2?

On 'Five Feet Apart' Sequel, 'All This Time'

Authors of Five Feet Apart were confirmed to adapt the screenplay and executive produce the upcoming flick.

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What is the life expectancy of a person with B cepacia?

One-year survival was 67% for B. cepacia positive patients and 92% for B. cepacia negative patients. Recent modifications in antimicrobial and immunosuppressive therapy since 1995 have resulted in no deaths early post-transplant in the last five patients transplanted.

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What happens to CF patients after lung transplant?

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition so even though the transplanted lungs will not have CF and will never develop it, the rest of the person's body will continue to have cystic fibrosis. This means that following a successful lung transplant, some CF treatment will still be needed.

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Can someone with cystic fibrosis kiss someone without it?

Is cystic fibrosis contagious through kissing? No. Cystic fibrosis is not contagious, even via kissing, because it's a genetic disease. “It requires a mutation on the gene, one copy from the mother and one copy from the father,” says Wylam.

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Is Five Feet Apart sad ending?

It ends with Will meeting up with Stella, who leads him to a room for a surprise dinner party, put on by Stella and Poe, Stella's best friend and a fellow CF patient. After that, Poe dies and Stella is sad because she never got to hug him.

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Is Five Feet Apart Based on a true story?

"Five Feet Apart" is not directly based on a true story. However, much like "The Fault in Our Stars," the film is partially inspired and influenced by a real person. "Five Feet Apart" is dedicated to Claire Wineland, who also acted as a consultant for the movie.

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Why does Stella have to stay 6 feet apart from Will?

Stella and Wil both have cystic fibrosis and are supposed to stay six feet apart. But they fall in love and decide to take one foot back from their disease – hence the 'five feet apart' of the movie's title.

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Did Stella and Will stay together?

Here comes the big spoiler: Will breaks up with Stella. Not only does he end things with her, but he does it as though it's a grand romantic gesture, the moment she wakes up from a lung transplant, with her family and her doctors around her, while she's on a ventilator and can't speak or move.

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Did Stella and Ted get back together?

Season 4 Episode 6 "Happily Ever After" - Ted And Stella Split Up For Good, With Stella Getting Back Together With Tony. The How I Met Your Mother timeline delves into Ted's ever-changing romantic life, and the season 4 episode "Happily Ever After" is particularly intense for him.

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What does Stella say at the end of 5 feet apart?

Stella : This whole time I've been living for my treatments, instead of doing my treatments so that I can live. And I wanna live.

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Do Will and Stella kiss?

So, no, it was not love at first sight, but opposites do attract. As time goes by and they begin understanding one another, they start falling for each other fast. Tragically, Will and Stella can never kiss, hug or even hold hands.

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Why does he scream Stella?

Answer and Explanation: Stanley yells "Stella!" in scene three. It comes after he has just physically beat Stella, who escapes upstairs to Eunice's apartment with Blanche. Stanley is in the street, half-dressed and drunk, calling for his wife to come back.

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Who does Stella fall in love with?

Before going into surgery, Stella realizes that she is in love with Will, emphasizing the inevitability of love. Although Stella did not want to fall in love with him, both because of her annoyance at his personality and because it would be dangerous to her health, she found the emotion could not be avoided.

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What celebrities have cystic fibrosis?

Read on to learn more about these famous people and their fight against CF.
  • Anton Yelchin. Philippe Berdalle/Wikimedia Commons. ...
  • Fredric Chopin. Ernst Burger/Wikimedia Commons. ...
  • Alexandra Deford. ...
  • Alice Martineau. ...
  • Nathan Charles. ...
  • Andrew Simmons. ...
  • Bob Flanagan. ...
  • Grégory Lemarchal.

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What is the 6 foot rule with cystic fibrosis?

When there is more than one person with CF in your school, it is essential that they be kept a minimum of 6 feet (2 meters) apart from each other. Germs can spread as far as 6 feet through droplets released in the air when people cough or sneeze.

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Is it safe to kiss someone with cystic fibrosis?

Don't shake hands with or kiss the cheeks of other people with cystic fibrosis. Do not go into a pub or restaurant after the event if there may be others with CF present.

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